“Jesus Christ rose from the grave.' With this proclamation, the Christian church began. This may be the fundamental element of Christian faith; certainly it is the most radical.” MayChristianJesusChristChurchElementsJesus ChristFundamentalsRoseGravesRadicalChristian FaithProclamationChristian Church Book:The Gnostic Gospels Source: The Gnostic Gospels
“Christianity as a specific doctrine was slain with Jesus, suddenly and utterly. He was hardly cold in his grave, or high in his heaven (as you please), before the apostles dragged the tradition of him down to the level of the thing it has remained ever since.” JesusHeavenLevelsChristianityColdPleaseTraditionGravesDoctrineApostles Book:The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929 Source: The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929
“The apostolic church thought more about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ than about death and heaven. The early Christians were looking, not for a cleft in the ground called a grave but for a cleavage in the sky called Glory.” ChristianJesusHeavenChristChurchSkyGloryJesus ChristGravesApostolicCleavageApostolic Church Author:Alexander MacLaren
“From the empty grave of Jesus the enemies of the cross turn away in unconcealable dismay. Those whom the force of no logic can convince, and whose hearts are steeled against the appeal of almighty love from the cross itself, quail before the irresistible power of this simple fact. Christ has risen from the dead! After two thousand years of the most determined assault upon the evidence which demonstrates it, that fact stands. And so long as it stands Christianity, too, must stand as the one supernatural religion.” YearsHeartLongTwoFactsTurnsJesusForceChristSimpleChristianityEnemyThousandEvidenceCrossesEmptyLogicDeterminedGravesAppealsConvinceAlmightyThousand YearsAssaultEasterIrresistibleRisenDismayQuails Author:B. B. Warfield
“If Jesus had not risen from the dead, no right-minded person would have glorified anything so hideous and repulsive as a cross stained with the blood of Jesus.An unopened grave would never have opened heaven.” IfsPersonsJesusHeavenBloodCrossesGravesRisenHideousBlood Of Jesus Book:Billy Graham in Quotes Source: Billy Graham in Quotes
“We Christians do not believe that Jesus Christ was the only one that ever rose from the dead. We believe that every death-bed is a resurrection; that from every grave the stone, is rolled away.” BelieveChristianJesusChristBedJesus ChristStonesRoseGravesResurrectionEasterDeath Bed Author:Charles Spurgeon
“My favorite Catholic holiday is Easter. For those of you that don't know, Easter is the day we celebrate Jesus rising from the grave and coming back to Earth as a rabbit that hides colored eggs.” KnowsHumorEarthFunnyJesusCatholicMy FavoriteGravesCelebrateRisingHolidayEggsEasterComing BackRabbits Author:Adam Ferrara