Are there areas of your life that are feeling dead? Areas where you long for new life? Maybe work. Maybe a relationship. Maybe it’s the general stress of life in 2025. Just like he transformed the Apostle Paul’s life, Jesus’ resurrection is the pathway for new life for us. Paul would go on to writeContinue reading “You can experience God’s power in your life – Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 5”
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Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 4
There is one more piece of evidence that I believe supports the idea that Jesus resurrection is true. Think about the fact that the Jewish religious leaders hated Jesus. I pause at that word “hate.” I don’t think it is too strong. When we read the Gospel accounts, the many interactions between Jesus and theContinue reading “Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 4”
Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 3
In all four Gospels, guess who the first people are to discover and talk about the resurrection of Jesus? The Disciples of Jesus, right? No! It wasn’t the men; it was the women followers of Jesus who discover the resurrection. The fact that all four gospel writers specifically describe that it was women followers ofContinue reading “Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 3”
Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 2
Is it believable that Jesus’ disciples stole his body? For sure, the disciples had cause to steal the body. They had just given three years of their lives to follow Jesus. They were invested in Jesus. Furthermore, he had made claims that he was going to rise from the dead. So to save face andContinue reading “Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 2”
Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 1
Earlier this week I was reflecting on what Holy Week was like about twenty years ago at Faith Church. We had Maundy Thursday service on Thursday nights, then Good Friday morning we had the Cross Walk, including a big wooden cross with the wheels that we would take turns placing on our shoulder and walkingContinue reading “Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Part 1”
Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Preview
Imagine you’re at Easter dinner with family and friends, and someone asks you, “You don’t really believe in the resurrection of Jesus do you?” You respond, “I do believe in the resurrection of Jesus.” They press in, “Seriously. A dead person comes back to life? That’s ridiculous, right?” What do you say to them? OneContinue reading “Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection, Preview”
What we can learn from Jesus weeping – John 11:1-45, Part 4
Martha’s brother, Lazarus, still dead. Martha believes Jesus can do something about it because he is the promised Messiah, the bringer of life. But instead of pleading with Jesus, Martha now goes to find her sister, Mary. In John 11, verses 28-37, we read about the result of the sisters’ conversation. “And after she hadContinue reading “What we can learn from Jesus weeping – John 11:1-45, Part 4”
The kind of belief God really wants – John 11:1-45, Part 2
Jesus has received an urgent message from some of his closest friends, Mary and Martha. Their brother Lazarus, also one of Jesus’ best friends, is sick. Very sick. Deathly sick. What does Jesus do in response? He waits…two more days. He doesn’t immediately gather up his disciples and head out on the road. He waits. Continue reading “The kind of belief God really wants – John 11:1-45, Part 2”
The reason God needs more glory – John 11:1-45, Part 1
This past week I was jet-lagging, having come home from a month teaching in India. Jet-lag feels so weird. You’re hungry and sleepy at all the wrong times. On my first day back, my family and I ate dinner at a normal time of about 6pm, and while it tasted great, my stomach felt likeContinue reading “The reason God needs more glory – John 11:1-45, Part 1”
What my dog’s howling taught me about how God wants to change the world – Easter 2022, Romans 8, Part 5
We live just down the road from a local volunteer fire station, so we hear the fire siren quite regularly. If my dog is outside when the siren goes off, my dog will start howling. I don’t know why he doesn’t howl inside. Only outside. But here’s the thing. He cannot control the howling. WhenContinue reading “What my dog’s howling taught me about how God wants to change the world – Easter 2022, Romans 8, Part 5”
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