Resurrection Sunday is my favorite day of the year. Nothing in the human experience is more cause for celebration than the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Victory was purchased on the cross and proven at the empty tomb! One of my favorite parts of the Resurrection Story…
Once again, the truth was more than the religious leaders could handle. On the morning of the third day, they received word that the body of Jesus had vanished. They remembered He said He would rise from the dead. That was why they had fortified His tomb with Roman soldiers…
In the days after the tomb was discovered empty, Jesus’ resurrection was not a secret. He appeared to His disciples and others on multiple occasions. He gave many convincing proofs so there would be no doubt that He was indeed alive! (Acts 1:3) He showed His disciples His hands and…
It was the morning after an unimaginable tragedy, and it was eerily quiet. The voices of the crowds demanding “crucify him” were gone. The jeers of the onlookers insisting that Jesus “save himself” were silenced. The shouts of the Pharisees declaring “blasphemer” had disappeared. The wails of the women that…
Very early the next morning, as the sun was just beginning to peek over the Jerusalem horizon, the women set out to properly anoint Jesus’ body for burial. Having been the Sabbath, they were not able to do this when his body had first been laid in the tomb. And…