BBD 04.14.06 Quotes for Easter
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04.14.06
Quotes for Easter
For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ
died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and
that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures, and that He
was seen by Cephas, then by the twelve. After that He was seen by over five
hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present,
but some have fallen asleep. After that He was seen by James, then by all
the apostles. Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of
due time. - 1 Corinthians 15:3-8.
The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be
to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore,
my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work
of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. - 1
Corinthians 15:56-58.
"If we were holding a trial to determine the facts concerning the
resurrection, and if we were to call to the witness stand every witness who
personally encountered the resurrected Jesus and we cross-examined them for
only 15 minutes, and if we went around the clock without a break.we would be
listening to first-hand testimony for more than 128 hours.that's over 5 days
worth of testimony.who could possibly walk away unconvinced?" - Lee Strobel
(According to Wikipedia, "Lee is a former legal editor for the Chicago
Tribune, is a Christian apologist and former teaching pastor of Willow Creek
Community Church.").
"Over 500 people having the same hallucination would be more of a miracle
than resurrection itself!" - An Unknown Psychologist.
"I have been used for many years to study the histories of other times, and
to examine and weigh the evidence of those who have written about them, and
I know of no one fact in the history of mankind which is proved by better
and fuller evidence of every sort, to the understanding of a fair inquirer,
than the great sign which God hath given us that Christ died and rose again
from the dead." - Professor Thomas Arnold (Author of the famous, History of
Rome, and appointed to the chair of modern history at Oxford.).
"In first century Judaism, women had low social status and no legal right to
serve as witnesses. If the empty tomb were an invented legend, its inventors
surely would not have had it discovered by women, whose testimony was
considered worthless. If, on the other hand, the writers were simply
reporting what they saw, they would have to tell the truth, however socially
and legally inconvenient." - Peter Kreeft (Boston College professor of
literature.).
"There really is no story about the Resurrection in the New Testament.
Except in the most fragmentary way, it is not described at all. There is no
poetry about it. Instead, it is simply proclaimed as a fact. Christ is
risen! In fact, the very existence of the New Testament itself proclaims it.
Unless something very real indeed took place on that strange, confused
morning, there would be no New Testament, no Church, no
Christianity." -Frederick Buechner (From his book, The Magnificent Defeat.).
"I know men and I tell you that Jesus Christ is no mere man. Between Him and
every other person in the world there is no possible term of comparison.
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and I have founded empires. But on what did
we rest the creation of our genius? Upon force. Jesus Christ founded His
empire upon love; and at this hour millions of men would die for Him." -
Napoleon Bonaparte.
"As a child I received instruction both in the Bible and in the Talmud. I am
a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene....No one
can read the Gospels without feeling the actual presence of Jesus. His
personality pulsates in every word. No myth is filled with such life." -
Albert Einstein.
"The stone was rolled away from the door, not to permit Christ to come out,
but to enable the disciples to go in." - Peter Marshall.
May your heart be touched by the power of His love this Easter.
Praying for you,
Ed Wrather
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