3 results for tag: Jesus is alive

It’s Good to Be Alive – by Greg Albrecht

It's one of two times in the year when brick-and-mortar churches have their highest attendance. It's without a doubt the most meaningful time of the year for Christians, but Easter lilies, bunny rabbits, Easter hams, painted and chocolate eggs can take our attention away from the vital life-giving significance of this spiritual victory we celebrate every spring. Easter signals new life springing from what is seemingly dead and lifeless. Gray gives way to green. Ice melts and snow is replaced by the promise of buds and sprouts. Light overcomes darkness. The light and life that comes bursting from an empty tomb triumphs over death on the cross, ...

All Things Beautiful #5 – Ken Williams

"Jesus/I AM is Beautiful – part I” Ken Williams The apostle Paul recorded how Jesus Christ exposed death’s illusion of power, “When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: ‘Death is swallowed up in victory.’ “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?’” (1 Corinthians 15:54-55 NIV my emphasis) Jesus/I AM, lamb of God, ate and swallowed death, his excruciating last, last meal, Good Friday afternoon, slept Friday night and woke up Sunday morning. He left the empty tomb and shared that he freed all humanity ...

“Why Seek the Living Among the Dead” – Brad Jersak

Violated, Grieved, Relieved & Liberated A dear friend of mine recently experienced humiliation by patriarchal connivers in her church. It took me back to the era when unwed pregnant teens were forced to stand before their congregation for public shaming and shunning (no father named or present!). Their experiences were violations and overt spiritual abuse. But my friend is no teenager. She felt the violation, allowed herself to grieve, then relatively quickly moved on to relief and even liberation. Why? Because she can simply leave and, gratefully, safer harbours welcome her arrival. Her conclusion echoed the words spoken by angels at ...