1. What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
  2. Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
  3. In the Word, you find peace. It proclaims peace first between you and God because of Jesus. That empowers you to deal peacefully with others and brings you peace of mind.
  4. God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
  5. When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
  6. The goodness of God's grace is also offensive to our egos
  7. Theology and history go hand in hand in the real person of Jesus Christ, making the truth of the Gospels profoundly human and powerfully meaningful.
  8. We know that death does not have the last word in Christ.
  9. The Lord has remembered to help his servant Israel, to fulfill his promises to Abraham and to his offspring forever, not mostly or mainly because of his mercy, but exclusively so.
  10. This is an edited excerpt from the conclusion of The Resurrection Fact: Responding to Modern Critics, edited by John Bombaro and Adam Francisco. (1517 Publishing, 2016).
  11. In that moment of greatest despair, we find the antidote for all our fears. We know we are beloved of God and there is salvation in Christ’s atoning death.