If the gospel of Matthew ended at verse 61 of chapter 27 we’d have a dead moral example and a scattered group of followers. Some would prefer the story ended here, but the events recorded in chapter 28 of Matthew’s gospel are foundation on which Christianity rests, and the cornerstone which supports and gives meaning …
The Rabbit Room features marvelous excerpts from N.T. Wright’s Surprised By Hope which points out the incongruity of forty days of solemn preparation for Easter which seems to lead to one single day of celebration. Surely the celebration should go on. And on. That’s what I’ll be thinking as I repast on a fisherman’s basket …
Greg Lucas has written many encouraging and touching reflections about being a father to Jake, his profoundly disabled son (now aged 18). None have been more poignant than this. My face seems to be scarred these days with the dried and salty tear tracks of weary frustration. I cry more than people know—more than a …
Monday With Mounce is always interesting. Each week Bill Mounce explores an aspect of biblical interpretation. This week he considers the account of the cloths in the empty tomb. The point he examines was part of the sermon I preached on Sunday. Having heard the resurrection story today at church, I reminded of the translation …
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