Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Sunday, April 20, 2014 - ,,, 1 comment

Happy Easter! Christ the Lord Is Risen Today!

After we eat the chocolate bunnies, find all the eggs, and play all the games, what is Easter really all about? What makes the death of a single man by the Roman Empire so important?

There may have been a pax Romana, but that doesn't mean that everything was peaceful and lovely in the Roman Empire. The way they maintained the peace was with an iron fist. What that means is that at the very first sign of  trouble they would round up the leaders and execute them.

The Roman Empire executed Jesus just like they executed over hundred other rebel leaders. What makes Jesus extraordinary is not that he died on the cross. That was a typical execution method for political prisoners. What makes Jesus extraordinary is that he defeated death. He rose from the dead and showed himself not just to the disciples. It happened over 2000 years ago, and we're still talking about it.

Here is a hipster version of "Christ the Lord Is Risen Today." Happy Easter!


Sunday, March 31, 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013 - ,,,, 2 comments

Happy Easter!

It's Easter! To tell you the truth, it's even hard for me to accept that it's not all about chocolate and bunnies. It is about the rescue from death and the renewal of a new day, a resurrection if you will. That meshes perfectly with the rebirth of spring. So, I'm good with that, and hey, if chocolate makes you happy, then go for it.

But this is what Easter's really all about ...


Happy Easter!

Christ is risen ... Christ is risen indeed!

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