The Dead Are Raised
My guest blogger today is Jesse Birkey. We were met at the door by a frantic woman hurrying us inside with jumbled words and erratic gestures. She showed us to a middle-aged man lying face down on the floor. I bent down and gave him a shake. That’s all it took to realize the man was dead. I told my partner to grab his feet while I moved to the head. “When was the last time…
Raising the Dead
Why should Christians raise the dead? Ask yourself why Jesus raised the dead and why the Father raised Him from the dead. “If Christ was not raised, you are dead in your sins.” The gospel we proclaim hinges on the resurrection. The resurrection, as a sign, is unique to our faith. The rest of Christianity can be argued and explained away, but when the dead are raised, the unbeliever, if he is honest, must admit…