What’s Easter Really About? Changed lives!
We had two themes at Mosaic this morning. The first is the stunning realization that Jesus is still raising people from the dead. The second is that God went to elaborate lengths to communicate to us how much He loves us. We started the new series: “Is Faith Irrational?”
To examine the roots of the Christian faith, we have to start with the Bible, which is the gathered writings that point the way to God. We have to begin with the hard questions: Does the Bible really speak God’s heart and voice to us? Was it just men making things up that they wanted God to say? Does it have the elements of divinity that reach beyond man’s control of the message?
Today we started with the first three questions:
You can listen to the podcast by clicking here.
The full slides with quotes and scriptures: Is Faith Irrational-1.
If you’d like to dig into this material more deeply, here are some solid resources: (links to Amazon.com)
The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict Fully Updated To Answer The Questions Challenging Christians Today by Josh McDowell
More Than a Carpenter by Josh D. McDowell
A Ready Defense The Best Of Josh Mcdowell by Josh McDowell
The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel
The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ by Lee Strobel
The Case for Christ & The Case for Faith (two books in one) by Lee Strobel
If you’re a sincere seeker, and you want to dig into the roots of what it means to be a Christ-follower, I highly recommend the books above.
What is Easter really about? God cared enough to send over 200 prophecies to this world, far in advance of the arrival of his son. That has never happened before or since. Jesus died for our sins so we could have new lives. The same power that raised Christ from the dead is giving people new lives today. That’s what we celebrate.
Our local paper, the Democrat and Chronicle posted these four stories of changed lives on Easter morning- a great read!
Happy Easter!
-Don Riling