Not only does the empty tomb point to Jesus’ resurrection, the eyewitnesses do so as well. Verse 8 tells us that after the women encountered the angel who told them Jesus had risen, they “ran to tell His disciples.” The disciples would also see the resurrected Jesus, and they had no doubt whatsoever that He is alive. Need evidence? Look at their lives.
Joe Louis, arguably the best boxer of all time, had a spotless record of 27–0 going into his fight with the German Max Schmeling. This was in 1936, when Nazism was at its height, and Germany was the picture of evil. So, the fight between the American and the German took place at a sold-out Yankee Stadium.
The cross is more than something that tops a church steeple. It’s more than an ornament on a living room wall. It’s more than a golden icon decorating your neck. The cross is the most foundational, irreducible essence of our faith.
A little girl was hugging her dolls and crying. Her mother knelt beside her and asked, “Honey, why are you crying?” The little girl sobbed her reply, “Mommy, I keep loving these dolls, and loving these dolls, and they just never love me back!”
Whether we like it or not, confrontation is part of a believer’s arsenal of caring for one another. If a driver inadvertently turned down a one-way street heading the wrong way, there would be two reasons to get his attention. The first would be concern about the damage he could do to himself. The second reason would be concern about the damage he could do to someone else. Observers of this driver could react in two ways. They could simply ignore the driver and the consequences of his error, o...