1. A truly Lenten mindset sees the season as preparatory for the resurrection life of Easter as opposed to the mortification of Good Friday.
  2. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  3. My goal here isn’t to selfishly reflect on all the reasons I will miss Rod because I know that if you are reading this, you may miss this man, too.
  4. A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
  5. God has a hall ready for us, for us and for so many more
  6. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  7. God comes to us through the flesh and blood and spirit of Christ precisely where he promised to be manifest to us and for us.
  8. This is an excerpt from “Finding God in the Darkness: Hopeful Reflections from the Pits of Depression, Despair, and Disappointment” by Bradley Gray (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  9. If Jesus did not rise, then religion is just religion — a mere anthropological phenomenon.
  10. The resurrection of Jesus encompasses the total and comprehensive glorification of a human being, not merely his restoration.