The dead body of Jesus could not be found. There are four possible ways to account for this. 1. His foes stole the body. If they did (and they never claimed to have done so), they surely would have produced the body to stop the successful spread of the Christian faith in the very city where the crucifixion occurred. But they could not produce it. 2. His friends stole the body. This was an early rumor (Matthew 28:11-15). Is it probable? Could they have overcome the guards at the tomb? More important, would they have begun to preach with such authority that Jesus was raised, knowing that he was not? Would they have risked their lives and accepted beatings for something they knew was a fraud? 3. Jesus was not dead, but only unconscious when they laid him in the tomb. He awoke, removed the stone, overcame the soldiers, and vanished from history after a few meetings with his disciples in which he convinced them he was risen from the dead. Even the foes of Jesus did not try this line. He was obviously dead. The Romans saw to that. The stone could not be moved by one man from within who had just been stabbed in the side by a spear and spent six hours nailed to a cross. 4. God raised Jesus from the dead. This is what He said would happen. It is what the disciples said did happen. But as long as there is a remote possibility of explaining the resurrection naturalistically, modern people say we should not jump to a supernatural explanation. Is this reasonable? I don’t think so. Of course, we don’t want to be gullible. But neither do we want to reject the truth just because it’s strange.
John Piper

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#1 · June 30, 2014, 9:54 pm

Posted by: drpkaine <drpkaine@...>

                DOC'S  DAILY  CHUCKLE

                   Always  Clean  Chuckles

                Laughter is the Best Medicine!

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My weekend ended up being changed. Instead of being able to 

spend it relaxing, I ended up spending 6 hours in the office.

I needed to cover for one of my nurse practioners today so 

that meant moving office time to 'off time'.

Doc 

Today's Chuckles

1. What Do You Have to Do?

2. Hereafter

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What Do You Have to Do?

"What do you have to do to become a doctor?" my six-year-old 

granddaughter once asked. 

Her dad, seeing an opportunity, said, "You have to do extremely 

well in school, take a lot of math and science, get into an 

excellent college, make the highest grades possible, and then 

go to med school, and follow that with an internship. Then you 

can start your own practice. Honey, as smart as you are, you 

can be anything you want to be."

Erin gave all this a moment's thought and then asked, "What do 

you have to do to be queen?"

- from Da Mouse Tracks

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My imperfections and failures are as much a blessing 

from God as my successes and talents and I lay them 

both at His feet. - Gandhi

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Hereafter

The preacher came to call the other day. He said at my age I 

should be thinking of the hereafter.

I told him, "Oh, I do it all the time. No matter where I am - 

in the bedroom, upstairs, in the kitchen, or down in the basement 

- I ask myself, 'Now, what am I here after?'"

- from Christian Voices

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