NT Wright in Surprised by Hope, pp. 152-154 This is the point at which we modern Westerners are called to make a huge leap of the imagination. We have been buying our mental furniture for so long from Plato’s factory that we have come to take for granted a basic ontological contrast between “spirit“ in […]
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The Jesus scholar, N.T. Wright, puts it bluntly: The death of Jesus of Nazareth as the king of the Jews, the bearer of Israel’s destiny, the fulfillment of God’s promises to his people of old, is either the most stupid, senseless waste and misunderstanding the world has ever seen, or it is the fulcrum around […]
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For the first time in maybe my whole life, I am not involved in any church’s Easter extravaganza, the church’s Super Bowl, and I’m relieved. I’m at home, observing the resurrection of Jesus with a little help from Twitter. He’s alive! pic.twitter.com/TTbnv2azuI — Christianity Today (@CTmagazine) April 16, 2017 Happy Easter! pic.twitter.com/dNBuv3qMM1 — PEANUTS (@Snoopy) […]
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http://www.preachingtoday.com/media/podcast/preaching-during-easter.html?start=2 It’s a sermon called “The Up-to-the-Minute Relevance of the Resurrection.” This is a clip from his intro so let’s listen to that and then we’ll break it down. John Stott: I think it’s important for us to be quite clear on what we’re talking about. We’re not talking about Jesus’ survival, as a result […]
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N. T. Wright on Easter by The Rabbit Room on March 31, 2013 [The following is an excerpt from N. T. Wright’s Surprised By Hope.] “…Many churches now hold Easter vigils, as the Orthodox church has always done, but in many cases they are…too tame by half. Easter is about the wild delight of […]
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In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, Frodo Baggins had a dream. It was a dream most Hobbits shared–to live a peaceful and pleasant life with no threat of evil in the Shire. In order for his dream to come true, however, Frodo was faced with a challenge–a new dream, if you will, and not […]
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I cannot give in to the devil’s principal, deceitful tactic which makes so many Christians satisfied with an “Easter celebration” instead of experiencing the power of Christ’s resurrection. It is the devil’s business to keep Christians mourning and weeping with pity beside the cross instead of demonstrating that Jesus Christ is risen, indeed. Reference: Matthew […]
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It’s not as if we have only recently discovered through science that dead people don’t rise again to life. They knew that in Jesus’ day. “The reason Joseph was worried about Mary’s pregnancy was not because he didn’t know where babies come from but because he did.” – C.S. Lewis They knew dead people don’t […]