UNITED WITH CHRIST Believers in Christ were joined to Him at the cross, united to Him in death and resurrection. We died with Christ. He died for us, and we died with Him. This is…
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HISTORY'S MOST FANTASTIC FACT Josh McDowell, the author of many books for the defense of Christianity, said in his book Evidence That Demands A Verdict: "After more than seven hundred hours of studying this subject…
HOPE THROUGH THE STORM What does it mean to walk by faith and not by sight? We can see how it is translated into everyday life. It can be seen in the Palm Sunday tragedy…
THERE IS MORE BEYOND In the Sixteenth Century in Spain during the reigns of Charles V and Phillip II, the coins of Spain were stamped with a picture of the pillars of Hercules, which guard…
500 REASONS FOR EASTER Stephen Brown, the Christian radio personality, once said in reference to First Corinthians 15:6: "Think about it. If one person comes to us and says he or she has seen a…
GOING TO THE RESURRECTION A young evangelistic preacher came upon a farmer who was working in his field. The preacher, concerned about the farmer's soul, asked the man: "Are you laboring in the vineyard of…
WHAT CHANGED THE WORLD The real conviction of the living Christ was not carried to the world by a book nor by a story. Men might allege that they had seen the risen Lord; but…
SIN CANKER & CURE In March of 1999 the State of Florida began burning more than 250 acres of commercial groves in Hendry County in order slow down an outbreak of citrus canker. Citrus canker…
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RESURRECTION NEWS Have you ever been told some piece of news that puzzled you or that just didn't sink in right away? Back in 1980, my wife and I had been trying to have another…
HISTORICITY OF THE RESURRECTION Dr. Lee was a professor of anthropology who often mocked those religious fools who didn't believe in the theory of evolution. One day he was shocked to hear the Professor of…
APPEARANCES OF THE RISEN CHRIST To Mary Magdalene Jn 20:14-18; Mk 16:9 To the women returning from the tomb Mt 28:8-10 To Peter later in the day Lk 24:34; 1 Cor 15:5 To the disciples…
CENTRALITY OF JESUS The New Testament's teaching is good, better, best; forward, onward, upward. Jesus Christ the Central Person is a personality that radiates with life and makes all He touches pulsate and throb with…
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THE NATURALIST'S EASTER Some thoughts on the Historical Jesus: Stephen Davis writes: No one has ever produced a plausible naturalistic explanation of what happened after the crucifixion that accounts for all the accepted facts (e.g.…
CONTINUITY OF THE CROSS Carey Charles Newman writes: "The earliest Christian confession 'Jesus is Lord' is essentially a claim for continuity. Or as the book of Acts emblematically puts it, 'Let all the house of…
TOM SAWYER'S FALSE FUNERAL Easter is a little bit like that favorite scene in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, and Joe Harper had set forth on a raft down…
NO EASTER BODY . . . the early Christians did not believe in the resurrection of Christ because they could not find his dead body; they believed because the did find a living Christ. C.…
EASTER BUTTERFLIES According to Robert Wetzler and Helen Huntington (Seasons and Symbols), "the beautiful form [of the butterfly] coming from the seemingly lifeless chrysalis could hardly fail to suggest itself as a parallel to the…
NO TEMPORARY UNDERTAKING The four-year-old son of an undertaker was perplexed by the Easter story of the resurrection. "Do you mean that Jesus really rose from the dead?" the boy asked. "Yes, Jesus rose from…
THE WORK OF CHRIST ALONE Martin Luther wrote: "Philosophers, doctors, and writers have endeavored to teach man the way to obtain everlasting life and they have not succeeded. I will now tell it to you…
EXISTENTIAL EVIDENCE Some years ago Clarence Jordan, founder of the Koinonia Community in Americus, Georgia, reminded us that the most convincing evidence of Jesus' resurrection was not an empty tomb; it was the life-filled disciple…
