In this Easter reflection titled “Echoes from the tomb,” Bible professor George Guthrie recounts Scripture’s narrative beginning in the Old Testament account of the Garden of Eden and culminating with the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. Guthrie is author of the book “Read the Bible for Life.”
Daily Archives: April 5, 2012
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Historian Stephen Douglas Wilson recounts how Easter grew into prominence as an observance in Southern Baptist churches during the 20th century, particularly when it became connected with the convention’s annual offering for home missions. In the 19th century, however, many Baptist ministers had opposed its observance, seeing Easter as being […]
As Christians around the world prepare to celebrate Easter, Iranian pastor Yousef Nadarkhani remains in jail — alive, yes — but having already passed his 900th day behind bars for being a Christian, still facing a possible execution. Nadarkhani, whose first name also can be spelled “Youcef,” was able to […]
A native of Communist China who immigrated to the United States with his family as a child, Lee Hsia is leading a new underground church, not in China, but in downtown Houston, 20 feet below the city’s streets. Hsia is launching a campus of First Baptist Church in Houston’s six-mile […]
New York Knicks guard Jeremy Lin had season-ending knee surgery on April 2. The superstar has continued to be a faithful and outspoken witness for Christ, even reaching out to an ESPN editor who was fired over a racially charged headline.
President Obama told religious leaders at a White House prayer breakfast that Easter is a time to “remember the tremendous sacrifice that led up to that day and all that Christ endured,” but he also said Jesus experienced doubt and fear. The president’s assertion that Jesus “knew doubt” and “knew […]
Parents at a Massachusetts elementary school are furious after educators first removed the word “God” from the popular Lee Greenwood song “God Bless the U.S.A.” and then pulled the song altogether from an upcoming concert. Fox 25 in Boston reported that children at Stall Brook Elementary School in Bellingham were […]