The Living Hope: Meditations on Easter

Two thousand years ago there was a man who wrote no books, created no art, ruled no country, won no battle, and invented no technology. He was born in a stable to a teenage mother and her poor husband. He lived in obscurity for thirty years as a carpenter until he began a ministry that lasted three meager years, until he was falsely accused as a criminal and put to death on a Roman cross. So why, two thousand years later, are we still talking about him? Why are the world’s museums filled with paintings of him? Why do people still gather every week to hear stories about him? Why is his face still seen on magazines? Why are there entire libraries of books written about him? Because this man came back from the dead. I have not written this book convince you of that. I have written this book, first to tell you the story of this man, Jesus Christ, and the events surrounding his death and resurrection; and second, to tell you the implications of his resurrection are, if it really happened.