There’s something about our modern age that creates anxiety like never before, so one of our biggest challenges is learning how to live at peace in a chaotic world. Jesus promised to give His followers peace, on the evening of the first Easter, He followed through with that promise. But this same peace is just as available to us today as it was to first-century believers.
Read MoreWhat is Jesus like? How we answer that question determines how we relate to Him. Religious imagery often depicts Jesus as an ethereal mystic, stoic and enigmatic. Not the kind of person you’d expect to be good for a laugh. But Luke’s account of the first Easter shows us a very different side of Jesus — His playfulness and joy. When we see that Jesus is in a good mood it changes how we relate to Him.
Read MoreThe resurrection of Jesus was the most important event in history. Without it, there would be no Christianity, and Jesus would just be another historical footnote. But the resurrection validated everything that Jesus said about Himself. Not only does that give us hope for eternity, it means we can experience Him today.
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