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Apr 21, 2019 · The greatest of these stories, or as G.K. Chesterton would put it, the one fairytale story that happens to also be true, is the resurrection of Jesus at Easter. Spreading out from this...
- How Many Books is Too Many
Instead, this is the sad story of one man’s failure to...
- How Many Books is Too Many
- All 4 Gospels Focus on The Story of Jesus
- Why Do We Need Four Gospels?
- How to Read The Gospels
The Gospels are where we find all the famous Bible stories about Jesus. Because each Gospel is about the same main character, they all share several elements. For example, each of the four gospels follows this general progression: 1. A statement of Jesus’ divine status (Mt 1:23; 3:13–17; Mk 1:1, 9–11; Lk 1:32–35; 3:21–22; Jn 1:1, 29–34) 2. Jesus’ m...
Many people (including myself!) have asked, “Do we really need fourgospels in the Bible? That seems redundant. Shouldn’t one do the trick?” Maybe that would be the case if Jesus were a regular person who just did regular things. But he isn’t, and he didn’t. John says that the world itself couldn’t hold all the books that could be written about Jesu...
The gospels, like the other books of the Bible, were intended to be read in one sitting. That doesn’t mean every time you read from John you need to read the whole thing. But it does mean that if you want to know one of them better, you should set aside an hour or so to read the whole gospel in one go. This gives you a feel for the general “flow” o...
- Because of Jesus' resurrection, you can live a forgiven life. Because Jesus went to the cross and overcame death, His forgiveness can turn your failures into acts of faith and faithfulness.
- Because Jesus has risen, you can live a meaningful life. The apostle Paul drove this home in First Corinthians chapter 15. He said, "Be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord" (1 Corinthians 15:58).
- Because Jesus' resurrection displayed unimaginable power, you also can live a powerful life today. The core message of the book of Ephesians is that the same power that brought Jesus back to life is available to you.
- Because Christ has risen, you can live a never-ending life. Jesus Himself said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live" (John 11:25).
There are books about these books, now, including a brand new one, on a sub-theme of Wright’s, his important view of how first century Jews and Jesus understood the exile era, and whether it was still ongoing for them and what role it played in Jesus’ own mission.
- The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, #3) by N.T. Wright.
- Jesus and the Eyewitnesses: The Gospels as Eyewitness Testimony by Richard Bauckham.
- The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach by Michael R. Licona.
- The Historical Reliability of the Gospels by Craig L. Blomberg.
Mar 27, 2024 · One of the earliest written Jewish references to resurrection in the Bible is found in the Book of Isaiah, which discusses a future era, perhaps a time of final judgment, in which the dead...
This supernatural event gave the disciples a glimpse of the possibility of resurrection and all that was to come in Jesus’ story. In today’s session we consider the words of Jesus from John 11:25 – ‘I am the resurrection and the life’ – and what they mean for each one of us this Easter.
