Talks
Richard D. Draper – The Reality of the Resurrection
by pam on Mar.05, 2011, under Talks
Throughout the Church, the sublime message “He is risen! He is risen!” (Hymns, 1985, no. 199) is sung with ringing conviction born of deep and abiding faith. Certainly no doctrine is more central to the gospel of Jesus Christ, for it was both taught and testified to by the Lord himself.
Yet, surprisingly, the Lord’s physical resurrection is strange doctrine to much of the Christian world. Even the Lord’s chosen disciples found it hard to accept this fundamental truth. Consequently, their turn from disbelief to full embrace of the doctrine strengthens the witness of the Resurrection contained in the four Gospels. Against forceful cultural influences that fostered their initial incredulity, these disciples gained unwavering conviction that remains a vital basis of evidence in the Savior’s literal resurrection.
Howard W. Hunter – He is Risen
by pam on Jan.05, 2010, under Talks
On this beautiful and sacred Easter weekend, surely no doctrine will be the subject of more sermons nor the object of more praise than that of the atoning sacrifice and the literal resurrection of the Lord, Jesus Christ. And so it should be at Easter and at every other season of the year, for no doctrine in the Christian canon is more important to all mankind than the doctrine of the resurrection of the Son of God. Through him came the resurrection of all men, women, and children who have ever been—or ever will be—born into the world.