…it is of the very essence of Christianity to face suffering and death not because they are good, not because they have… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
The gospel is the good news that the everlasting and ever-increasing joy of the never-boring, ever-satisfying Christ is ours freely and eternally… — John Piper Copy Share Image
The resurrection power of Jesus broke Satan's captive power. When He led the Old Testament saints from paradise to heaven, He led… — Leon Morris Copy Share Image
To speak of sin without grace is to minimize the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the fruit of the Spirit, and the hope… — Cornelius Plantinga Copy Share Image
Certainly Paul shares the view of the Old Testament prophets that God will one day flood the world with justice and joy… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Apart from the resurrection of Jesus, the eschatological orientation of the church appears as the spoke of a wheel without a hub. — H. Richard Niebuhr Copy Share Image
The resurrection is not merely important to the historic Christian faith; without it, there would be no Christianity. It is the singular… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
It has never at any time been possible to fit the resurrection of Jesus into any world view except a world view… — Lesslie Newbigin Copy Share Image
And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e., the gnostics]… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
After more than 700 hours of studying this subject, and thoroughly investigating its foundation, I have come to the conclusion that the… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
Hope is what you get when you suddenly realize that a different worldview is possible, a worldview in which the rich, the… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
God's kingdom is launched through Jesus and particularly through his death and resurrection; but, by the Spirit, this kingdom is not an… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
The Resurrection of Jesus is...a symbol of hope...I don't see how you can show love...without being in solidarity with the victims of… — Jon Sobrino Copy Share Image
What happened on that day (of Easter) became, was and remained the centre around which everything else moves. For everything lasts its… — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
The best news of the Christian gospel is that the supremely glorious Creator of the universe has acted in Jesus Christ's death… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Basically, I don't ever move too far past the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus, because it's of first importance. And I… — Phil Robertson Copy Share Image
Few people seem to realize that the resurrection of Jesus is the cornerstone to a worldview that provides the perspective to all… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
On what does the Christian argument for Immortality really rest? It stands upon the pedestal on which the theologian rests the whole… — William Henry Drummond Copy Share Image
The evidence for Jesus' resurrection is so strong that nobody would question it except for two things: First, it is a very… — Wolfhart Pannenberg Copy Share Image
I accept the resurrection of Easter Sunday not as an invention of the community of disciples, but as a historical event. — Pinchas Lapide Copy Share Image
The resurrection of Jesus Christ was necessary to establish the truth of his mission and put the stamp of all-conquering power on… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived or that Alexander the… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
Presumably what happened to Jesus was what happens to all of us when we die. We decompose. Accounts of Jesus's resurrection and… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
All ministry that is faithful & eventually fruitful finds its roots in the life, death, & resurrection of Jesus Christ. — Matt Chandler Copy Share Image
Faith in the resurrection of Jesus says that there is a future for every human being; the cry for unending life which… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
No one can remain neutral regarding Jesus' resurrection. The claim is too staggering, the event too earthshaking, the implications too significant and… — Mark Driscoll Copy Share Image
The bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is the crowning proof of Christianity. If the resurrection did not take place,… — Henry M. Morris Copy Share Image
We have often asserted, and we affirm it yet again, that no fact in history is better attested than the resurrection of… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
Even if the disciples had believed in the resurrection of Jesus, it is doubtful they would have generated any following. So long… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
If the resurrection of Jesus cannot be believed except by assenting to the fantastic descriptions included in the Gospels, then Christianity is… — John Shelby Spong Copy Share Image
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