“Easter is God throwing everything at death so that I can give everything to life.” GodDeathJesusChristianityImpossibleSacrificeJesus ChristSalvationResurrectionEasterPossibleCrossTombCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Easter says that every ending ever experienced by man is exquisitely crafted to find its own ending at the feet of a fresh beginning.” GodDeathJesusChristianityImpossibleSacrificeJesus ChristSalvationResurrectionEasterPossibleCrossTombCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“There are an incalculable number of things within me that I frantically wish to be emptied of, and despite my most earnest efforts to remove them, they remain. And it is Easter that reminds me that God empties out tombs.” GodDeathJesusChristianityImpossibleSacrificeJesus ChristSalvationRemoveResurrectionEasterPossibleCrossRemovalTombCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“We need to know that our limits do not define our limitations. And an empty tomb does exactly that.” DeathJesusChristianityImpossibleSacrificeLimitsJesus ChristSalvationResurrectionEasterPossibleLimitationsCrossTombCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“I am pressed to admit that I don’t have the capacity to understand the bloodied horrors of a cross and the wild exhilaration of an empty tomb. But at the point that I think I completely understand God, I have at that very point humanized Him and in that very action I have lost Him. Therefore, I much prefer to simply marvel.” GodDeathJesusWonderChristianityImpossibleSacrificeJesus ChristSalvationResurrectionEasterPossibleAmazementCrossMarvelTombCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Reasonably speaking, we can see the cross as entirely possible. But in considering Easter, we see an empty tomb as entirely impossible. And is it possible that God had to do the impossible to finally get our attention?” DeathJesusChristianityImpossibleSacrificeJesus ChristSalvationResurrectionEasterPossibleCrossTombCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Do I dare believe such an absurdly outrageous story that a man would die, lay lifeless in some tomb for three days and then somehow live again? Yet, if I dare to consider it, is that not exactly what I so desperately desire for this lifeless life of mine? And is Easter God’s tenderly outrageous way of telling me that that is exactly what I can have?” LifeGodDeathJesusChristianityImpossibleSacrificeJesus ChristSalvationMeaninglessResurrectionEasterPossibleCrossLifelessTombCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“Of course God does outrageous things. But in reality, what insanity would prompt me to follow a God who did anything less?” GodJesusChristianityImpossibleJesus ChristResurrectionEasterPossibleCrossTombCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough
“The love of God, Paul said, is demonstrated beyond a doubt by the once-for-all sacrificial death of Christ. The crucifixion is the last word on love. The mic drop. The end-all, be-all. The irrefutable proof. It would be extremely rare for anyone to offer to die for another person, even a righteous or good one. But someone did die for love. And so that we're not confused about whether we might have deserved that kind of love, Paul is brutally blunt: we did not. We were powerless, ungodly sinners when God poured out his love on us. He loved us out of the perfection of his heart, in spite of the obvious flaws of our own. Why is this such good news? Because it means God's love for me rests on God's character, not mine. On God's goodness, not my own. On God's strong, pursuing love, not my weak, wavering imitation of it. If I didn't earn his love by my good behavior, I won't lose it when I behave badly - and sometimes I do. When I place my faith in the finished work of Christ's death and resurrection, I am on solid ground with God. His love for me is not iffy.” God S LoveCrucifixion Resurrection Author:Laura Story