Fear and Trembling

It will not surprise my blog readers that my Easter post is late this year. I have found that I spend more and more time on Face Book when I have free time to be on the computer. I have also renewed my love for reading after graduate school at Union University (Some of the books I am reading are here , here , and here .) I did want to recount and link to several other posts that have caught my eye during the Easter Season. They are separated below under two topics. Did the resurrection occur? Debunking 3 Common Myths about the Resurrection Podcast: Glenn Peoples on the Minimal Facts Approach to the Resurrection Communicating the Claims of Easter Teaching Kids About the Reality and Historicity of the Resurrection Did the Apostles Hallucinate When They Saw the Risen Christ? Five Strand of Evidence for Jesus’ Resurrection Top Ten Myths of the Resurrection What does the resurrection mean to me? R. C. Sproul on the Meaning of the Cross Easter for Athe...

[This article was written for a series for my local paper .] This series of Soli Deo Gloria articles is focused on the Heidelberg Catechism . This catechism is a series of questions and answers written in 1563 to teach people the Christian faith. The writers divided the catechism into 52 Lord’s Days so a person could learn it in one year. Today’s article discusses Lord’s Day 17, Question 45. Q 45 How does Christ’s resurrection benefit us? A. First, by his resurrection he has overcome death, so that he might make us share in the righteousness he obtained for us by his death. (Rom. 4:25; 1 Cor. 15:16-20; 1 Pet. 1:3-5) Second, by his power we too are already raised to a new life. (Rom. 6:5-11; Eph. 2:4-6; Col. 3:1-4) Third, Christ’s resurrection is a sure pledge to us of our blessed resurrection. (Rom. 8:11; 1 Cor. 15:12-23; Phil. 3:20-21) John Warrick Montgomery , a prominent Lutheran defender of the Christian faith, presents a strong evidential case for the truth of Christiani...