Death & Resurrection

The Resurrection

The first Easter began among mourners. Churches can proclaim hope without asking bereaved people to perform cheerfulness.

First Corinthians 15 stakes preaching, forgiveness, and hope on something Paul believed God actually did.

The New Testament promises raised bodies and renewed creation, not the permanent release of an immortal self from matter.

Jesus’ scars identify him, confront violent power, and make room for survivors who cannot perform a spotless recovery.

All four Gospels place women at the tomb. Their courage and credibility still question the church.

Thomas asked for the experience the others had already received. Jesus met him without making doubt his identity.

Resurrection cannot be rerun in a lab, but that does not place it beyond responsible historical reasoning.

Easter hospitality can be joyful. It becomes hollow when guests are treated as metrics and the risen Christ as marketing copy.

Sunday worship grew from Easter memory and new-creation hope—not from contempt for the Jewish Sabbath.

An open grave created a question. The Christian claim arose from people who said the crucified Jesus met them alive.