What the world says about Easter Norwood Primary School in Hampshire cancelled Easter celebrations ‘out of respect for diversity.’ The head told parents: ‘the school is exploring alternative ways to celebrate the season in future years, that will be inclusive of all children and reflect the rich cultural diversity of our community.’Norwood Primary School – Head Teacher So Christians...
Palm Sunday and Passover – Jesus rides into Jerusalem in His triumphal entry
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He is not here, He is risen – The meaning of the death and resurrection of Jesus
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Evidence for the resurrection – Proving that Jesus really did rise from the dead
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12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 14 And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. 15 Yes, and we are found false...
17 ‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,Your young men shall see visions,Your old men shall dream dreams.18 And on My menservants and on My maidservantsI will pour out My Spirit in those days;And they shall prophesy.19 I will show wonders in heaven aboveAnd signs in the earth beneath:Blood...
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. Psalm 23.4 The big question most of us try to avoid Resurrection, re-incarnation or rotting in the ground? What the Bible / Old and New Testament / says about heaven and hell. What do the terms Sheol, Hades and Gehenna mean? Why Jesus gives us the only...
He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him. John 3.36 As I think about this, one of the issues which strikes me is that believing in the resurrection of Jesus, you have to, first of all, believe who Jesus is. If Jesus is just a prophet or a ‘good man’, then believing in the virgin birth...
Just before we get into the Word, a little comment from the news. Have you heard of Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion? He is a famous Oxford professor who’s a leading evolutionist and is noted for his strong attacks on the Bible. Book He was interviewed recently on LBC by Rachel Johnson, who’s Boris Johnson’s sister. And, in the interview, he calls himself, quote...
37 But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. 38 And He said to them, “Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? 39 Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have.” Luke 24.37-39 The central passage in describing this...
This morning I was speaking about the Gospel from the resurrection from John’s point of view and one of the things we saw is that Jesus rose from the dead and that He was seen first of all by the women who were much more faithful and zealous to seek the Lord at this time in the morning. And I suggested that the men, the disciples, had actually fled, most likely to Bethany, when Jesus was...
The essence of the message the early church taught to the early disciples and preached very clearly was that Jesus is the Messiah, He is the Saviour who died for our sins. He died literally on the cross, He was then buried and sealed in a tomb, and, on the third day, He burst out of the tomb, risen and visible, and appeared to the disciples for over 40 days; after which, He ascended to heaven...