If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#37) the Predictions Were All True [audio]
It is one thing for Jesus to rise from the dead, which, in itself, is an incomparable event that should give the deepest skeptic pause. But, for Jesus to have predicted that event and its details, and have it happen, raises everything to a new level, for it now demands our attention be drawn to who Jesus really is....
If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#40) Why Did Jesus Leave? [audio]
Today is Ascension Day. For most, that might provoke little more than “huh?” It is rare to find it on a calendar in the United States. Catholics celebrate it as the “Feast of the Ascension” by attending mass. And, surprisingly, it is an official public holiday across Indonesia and in many European co...
If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#32) He Is the Firstfruit [audio]
“Because I live, you also will live” John 14:19
I know someone who surrendered his life to Christ because of these very words. They connect, again, the resurrection of Christ with the future hope that we, too, will be raised in like manner… physically. And, it meant, as Paul stated, that Jesus was ...
We mortals who remain are left with a hole when someone dear departs. And when someone like Ravi leaves, there are an innumerable number of holes left all over the world. There are very few men who are identified merely by their first name.
We were together a few months ago, when Ravi insisted on fulfilling a promise he made to me several times over the many years I have been laboring to bri...
If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#31) We Will Also Rise from the Dead [audio]
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. Job 19:25-27
The confidence that God will raise the dead is not just a New Tes...
If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#30) Death Was Defeated [audio]
Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death He might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. Hebrews 2:14-15
All of us want to lock the D...
If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#29) Satan Is Crushed [audio]
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall crush your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Genesis 3:15
Here was the situation. God had created the most amazing place. We can’t really imagine it. There was no death. There was no evil. Everything flourished. Then Ad...
If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#25) It Would Have Radically Changed the World [audio]
But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. And when they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouti...
If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#24) It Would Have Radically Changed the Disciples [audio]
As [Peter and John] were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. And they laid hands on them and put them in jai...
If Jesus Rose from the Dead, then (#23) Jesus Was and Is Alive [audio]
Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe.” Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!” Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have...
