The task of the Church after Jesus' resurrection and ascension was to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to all nations. — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
The message of Easter is not that Jesus is alive, it is so much more. The message of Easter is that Jesus… — Colin S. Smith Copy Share Image
Even if you're not Christian, just from being in our culture you know Jesus and resurrection and redemption. — Trey Parker Copy Share Image
Our justification hinges on a risen life, present in us now because Christ is present with us now. — Paul F. M. Zahl Copy Share Image
The resurrection of Jesus was like a boulder crashing into the pool of history. — Karl Barth Copy Share Image
“He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.” — Anonymous 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 simple fact that the Christian fellowship, founded on belief in Jesus' resurrection, came into existence and flourished in the very city… — William Lane Craig Copy Share Image
Jesus's resurrection is the beginning of God's new project not to snatch people away from earth to heaven but to colonize earth… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Here's the simplest answer: Within weeks, the disciples proclaimed the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that He had been bodily raised from the… — Josh McDowell Copy Share Image
Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
'A.D.' will focus on life after the crucifixion and the dangers that the disciples faced in the aftermath of Jesus' resurrection. — Roma Downey 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
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. If… — Pinchas Lapide Copy Share Image
Nature religions, for example, speak of summer, fall, winter, and spring. They see the downward path as the necessary prelude to any… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
The evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ is more powerful than anything else we believe. By His resurrection Jesus proved He… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Without Pentecost the Christ-event - the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus - remains imprisoned in history as something to remember, think… — Henri Nouwen 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
I was over in Australia during Easter, which was really interesting. You know, they celebrate Easter the exact same way we do,… — Bill Hicks 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
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
The crucified but risen Jesus appears in the believing, assembled community of the church. That this sense of the risen, living Jesus… — Edward Schillebeeckx Copy Share Image
“[Jesus'] resurrection is therefore God's promise of new creation for the whole of the godforsaken reality which the crucified Jesus represents. It… — Richard Bauckham 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
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
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
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
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
All our language about the future ... is like a set of signposts pointing into a bright mist ... the New Testament… — N. T. Wright 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
The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
The resurrection of Jesus is rooted in history, grounded in scripture and confirmed in experience. — Nicky Gumbel Copy Share Image
Two thousand years ago, in the Middle East, an event occurred that permanently changed the world. Because of that event, history was… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The message of Easter is that God's new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you're now invited to belong… — N. T. Wright 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] has been instigated by satan to a denial of that baptism which is regeneration to God, and thus to a denial of the whole faith [by denying all physical aspects of spirituality, including…” quote by Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/52f/irenaeus-of-lyons-18423_aspect_and-when-we-come-to-refute-them-we-shall_392161.jpg)
![“The crucified but risen Jesus appears in the believing, assembled community of the church. That this sense of the risen, living Jesus has faded in many [churches] can be basically blamed on the fact that our churches are insufficiently 'communities' of God. Where the church of Jesus Christ lives…” quote by Edward Schillebeeckx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ce3/edward-schillebeeckx-107038_believe_the-crucified-but-risen-jesus-appears-in_1198650.jpg)
![“[Jesus'] resurrection is therefore God's promise of new creation for the whole of the godforsaken reality which the crucified Jesus represents. It is therefore an event of dialectical promise: it opens up a qualitatively new future, which negates all the negatives of present experience. It opens…” quote by Richard Bauckham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc1/richard-bauckham-18561_hope_jesus-resurrection-is-therefore-god-s-pr_566748.jpg)
