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The risen King (not Elvis!)
“A staggering amount of Americans still believe that Elvis, the "King of Rock n’ Roll" lives. In this episode, Dr. Tkach talks about a king that not only rose from the dead but continues to live today.”
Enjoy!
The Easter history!
“Everything else in the New Testament contains and presupposes the resurrection.”
“Either we believe with the New Testament in the risen Jesus Christ, or we do not believe in Him at all.”
The Easter history is the starting-point for the Evangelists’ portraits of the man Jesus. It is the real word with which they approached the outside world, whether Jewish or pagan, whenever they spoke of this man. It is the axiom which controls all their thinking about this man in His time. It is not just a mere reflection of their memory of Jesus or of their present life in communion with Him or of the hopes they set upon His person. It is the original object which is itself reflected in their entire relationship to this man, past, present and future. To put it sharply, while we could imagine a New Testament containing only the history of Easter and its message, we could not possibly imagine a New Testament without it. For the history and message of Easter contains everything else, while without it everything else would be left in the air as a mere abstraction. Everything else in the New Testament contains and presupposes the resurrection. It is the key to the whole. We can agree about this quite apart from our own personal attitude to the resurrection. And so we can agree finally that the acceptance or rejection of the Gospel of the New Testament, at any rate as understood by the New Testament itself, depends on our acceptance or rejection of the evangelium quadraginta dierum (gospel of the forty days). Either we believe with the New Testament in the risen Jesus Christ, or we do not believe in Him at all. This is the statement which believers and non-believers alike can surely accept as a fair assessment of the sources.[1]
[1] Barth, K., Bromiley, G. W., & Torrance, T. F. (2004). Church dogmatics, Volume III: The doctrine of creation, Part 2 (443). Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark.
Death Poem!
Both my Uncle Dale and my Mother died this summer. It was sad to see them go. My extended family is a mixed bag when it comes to faith and religion. Although their roots are Christian, they deal with death in varied ways. After spending time with many of them bef
ore and after the separate funeral services this poem came to my attention. It seems fitting to portray their assorted sensitivities within the confines of this pithy death dialogue.
Whatcham’callit
(a Poem)
She’s dead, he said.
So’s he, said she.
Kicked the bucket, he said.
Bought the farm, said she.
Under the clover, he said.
Crossed over, said she.
Iced with a heater, he said.
Sleeps with the fishes, said she.
Taken for a little ride, he said.
Gone to the other side, said she.
Flat-lined, he said.
Out of mind, said she.
To a better place, he said.
By heaven’s grace, said she.
Under the sod, he said.
To be with God , said she.
To Paradise? he said.
Would be nice, said she.
Could it be? he said.
Could it not? said she.
Enjoy, ron
PS. “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15.53b-57)
Death Poem!
Both my Uncle Dale and my Mother died this summer. It was sad to see them go. My extended family is a mixed bag when it comes to faith and religion. Although their roots are Christian, they deal with death in varied ways. After spending time with many of them before and after the separate funeral services this poem came to my attention. It seems fitting to portray their assorted sensitivities within the confines of this pithy death dialogue.
Whatcham’callit
(a Poem)
She’s dead, he said.
So’s he, said she.
Kicked the bucket, he said.
Bought the farm, said she.
Under the clover, he said.
Crossed over, said she.
Iced with a heater, he said.
Sleeps with the fishes, said she.
Taken for a little ride, he said.
Gone to the other side, said she.
Flat-lined, he said.
Out of mind, said she.
To a better place, he said.
By heaven’s grace, said she.
Under the sod, he said.
To be with God , said she.
To Paradise? he said.
Would be nice, said she.
Could it be? he said.
Could it not? said she.
Enjoy, ron
PS. “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 15.53b-57)
Receive Jesus!
The life & death of Jesus Christ!
Jesus took your punishment upon Himself -“For God so loved the world that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3.16-17). Then He rose from the dead and defeated death. Please, repent (turn from sin) today and trust in Jesus, and God will grant you everlasting life. Jesus is alive! Follow Him today!
The Three Marys at the Tomb!
Hubert van Eyck ? – 1426
Jesus has risen!
Van Eyck’s painting shows three women positioned at the empty grave of Jesus. An angel is telling them what happened while the guards slumber in a deep sleep. The women bring bottles with ointment and spices to anoint the corpse.
None of the gospels describes the scene exactly as Van Eyck does on this panel. The painting is closest to Matthew’s description, the only gospel that mentions an angel sitting on the door to the empty grave, and that also mentions the sleeping guards.
Mark talks of “Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome” and a young man sitting next to the grave.
Luke says the women were “Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James“. He also claims that “two men stood by them in shining garments“.
John only mentions Mary Magdalene visiting the grave.
This work is linked to Luke 24:1.
He is risen!
He is risen indeed!
Happy Resurrection Sunday, ron
The Three Marys at the Tomb!
Hubert van Eyck ? – 1426
Jesus has risen!
Van Eyck’s painting shows three women positioned at the empty grave of Jesus. An angel is telling them what happened while the guards slumber in a deep sleep. The women bring bottles with ointment and spices to anoint the corpse.
None of the gospels describes the scene exactly as Van Eyck does on this panel. The painting is closest to Matthew’s description, the only gospel that mentions an angel sitting on the door to the empty grave, and that also mentions the sleeping guards.
Mark talks of “Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome” and a young man sitting next to the grave.
Luke says the women were “Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James“. He also claims that “two men stood by them in shining garments“.
John only mentions Mary Magdalene visiting the grave.
This work is linked to Luke 24:1.
He is risen!
He is risen indeed!
Happy Resurrection Sunday, ron
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