Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
Standing for Truth and Defending Your Freedom
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April 11 Now if Christ is preached that He rose from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? — 1 Corinthians 15:12

The Skeptics and the Resurrection

Look at the resurrection, my friends, from the eyes of the unbeliever. I want to tell you that the resurrection is a highly unlikely thing. In fact, it is incredible when you really stop to think about it. It is so incredible that David Hume, the famous Scottish philosopher and skeptic, said that the universal experience of mankind declared that when people die they are dead, and the dead stay that way. Oh, yes, there are those who are... More
April 10 … to whom He presented Himself alive after His passion by many infallible proofs, appearing to them for forty days, and speaking concerning the kingdom of God. — Acts 1:3

Blind Faith or Faith Based on Evidence?

Often people are heard to say, '"Oh, you Christians just believe in blind faith.'" The truth of the matter is that Christians do not believe in blind faith. The Bible never calls us to a blind faith. Blind faith is faith without evidence; the Bible calls us to faith in evidence. Our text says that by many infallible proofs Jesus Christ showed Himself alive from the dead. Christianity is the only historical and evidential religion in the... More
April 9 With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. — Matthew 19:26

With God All Things Are Possible

The impossible is happening. Christ is risen and death is defeated. We shall live again. This is the declaration of Easter. The Great I AM has made all things new. In fact, with God, all things are possible, and nothing is incredible. Why should it be thought incredible that God should raise the dead? God, who created us out of the dust of the earth, can bring us back in an instant. The God who swirled the galaxies into the sky can raise... More
April 8 He answered them, "I tell you, if these should be silent, the stones would immediately cry out." — Luke 19:40

Archaeology and Jesus

Some critics falsely state that there is no archaeological evidence related to Jesus. That is wrong on many fronts. Included among recent archaeological finds is a large stone that was part of a building built by Pontius Pilate in honor of Tiberius Caesar, and on that stone is inscribed, "Pontius Pilatus, Procurator of Judea." I've been there, I've seen it, and I've read it. In 1990, an ossuary (a first century bone box) was discovered,... More
April 7 … but now He has appeared once at the end of the ages to put away sin by sacrificing Himself. — Hebrews 9:26

The Sacrifice of the Cross

In the cross of Christ we so clearly see one of the paradoxes of Christianity. For Christ is both High Priest and Sacrifice. It is interesting that in both the tabernacle in the wilderness and again in the temple of Solomon, one could find beautiful furniture. There was the table for showbread; the altar of incense; the great seven-pronged candelabra. Within the Holy of Holies, was the Ark of the Covenant with the glorious gold-covered... More
April 6 But the father said to his servants, "Bring out the best robe and put it on him." — Luke 15:22

Righteousness by Faith Alone

Are you clothed in the new white robe of righteousness that only Christ can give? That is the gift He came to bring. He came to take away all of our foul smelling sin, to go outside the city wall to the dung heap of Jerusalem and there to lay Himself down on the Cross to die for us. He took away our uncleanness when He rose on that Sabbath morn and He clothes in white righteousness all who will come to Him in faith, acknowledging their... More
April 5 But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. — 1 Corinthians 15:20

Christ is Risen Indeed

My friends, the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the evidence for the revelation of God in the Scripture is overwhelming. One of greatest authorities in the history of evidences who ever lived was Dr. Simon Greenleaf (1783-1853) of Harvard Law School. He examined the evidence for the Resurrection and demonstrated in his classic book, The Testimony of the Evangelists, that it would hold up in any court of law. Irrational blind... More