Today is Resurrection Sunday, the highest and holiest day of the Christian year. It is the capstone of the holy gospel: Jesus Christ was born, Jesus Christ died, Jesus Christ is risen, He is risen indeed!
What if Jesus of Nazareth had never been born? What if He had not lived and died and lived again to fulfill the promises of Holy Scripture? Can you imagine what kind of life we would have without the Lord Jesus Christ?
The word “Christian” is not found in the Gospel of John, even though followers of the Lord Jesus Christ were called Christians by the time it was written.
Simon Peter found himself in a hopeless situation in need of some redemption. His Lord and leader had been dragged away for execution.
The last chapter in the Gospel of John reveals Jesus with His disciples in ordinary time, when they were working, wandering, wondering, waiting.
With his approximate one-hundredth use of the verbal and active form of the word “believe,” John has clearly defined faith as the active, ongoing, trust in an obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Many churches celebrate the first Sunday after Easter as “St. Thomas Sunday.” Today we are going to bask in the light that God gave this outstanding disciple named Thomas.
When Christians are asked to quote “The Great Commission,” our minds typically take us to the close of Matthew’s Gospel: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations...
Any gospel that does not include a bedrock belief in the biblical doctrines of Christ, especially His bodily resurrection, is no gospel at all.
Four Roman soldiers and a centurion carried out the death sentence of Jesus Christ. It was their job to serve as coroners, too, confirming the actual, physical death, so that burial could be arranged. Their method for this, like everything else about crucifixion, was brutal and cruel.
