Tag: The Resurrection

Does God Exist?

So my wife is going through some of my books and dressing them up with paper on the bindings to use as decoration, and she comes across Hans Kung’s classic apologetic, Does God Exist? 

I recognize from the the non-chalant way she is putting decorative paper on the binding and handling the book she does not recognize what she has in her hands.

So, I say, “You do know that’s Hans Kung’s book, Does God Exist? It’s 800 pages, small print mind you, of an argument for God’s existence.”

She says, “You don’t need 800 pages to prove the existence of God. I could do it in a pamphlet.”

If you know my wife, you can hear her saying this. She is a matter-of-fact, bottom-line kind of person. And on this one she is right. Continue reading “Does God Exist?”

Why The Resurrection is Important

“He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying.” (Matt. 28:6).

This was the invitation given to the first women to arrive at the tomb on Easter morning, “Come, see the place where He was lying.” It is an invitation God gives to all.

The empty tomb is God’s exclamation mark on history. It is His Exhibit A to the world that Jesus was the Son of God and Savior of the world.

As the Apostle Paul told the Athenian Supreme Court, God has “furnished proof to all men” by the resurrection. (Act. 17:31). As Paul told King Agrippa, the resurrection did not happen “in a corner” where no one could see. (Acts 26:26). Continue reading “Why The Resurrection is Important”