“If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all people.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead!”   1 Corinthians 15:17-20

Paul of Tarsus wrote those words to a church he “planted” in Corinth. He wrote this letter to people he knew and worried about…a lot. However, these words are important for us too.

Without the resurrection, we are following a dead teacher. There is no forgiveness and we are to be the most pitied people on the planet. Why? Because we would be professing our trust in a long dead human.

For those of us who were not there to witness the resurrection, it is a leap of faith! But let me tell you if you take that leap. . . I promise Jesus will be there to catch you.

As we remember Jesus’ steps from entering the city on Palm Sunday… to the upper room for Passover…onto the cross and tomb… and finally at the empty tomb; I pray that you experience the love of God more fiercely than you ever have in your life this Easter.

God bless you,

Pr. Ben