Posts Tagged ‘Easter’
Easter Awakening
Today in my morning devotions (YWAM Prayer Diary) I started what theologians call the “History Books.” There are 12 that begin with Joshua and end with Esther.
Eugene Peterson (The Message) says in his preface that, “history is attentive to the conditions in which people encounter and experience God ” and that history is important because “the only reason for paying attention to people and events is to stay alert to God.”
This past Easter weekend I hope we were all attentive to people and events–which were amazing.
Let’s call it an Easter awakening.
The Permanent Victory of the Cross and Resurrection
Easter time is one of the most memorable weeks of year for me, from sun-rise services, to Easter 1974 in the Holy Land, to cross walks through my hometown for the past 33 years.
A ministry friend recently asked me if he could send my 2018 Easter blog to his list of 10,000 young pastors in America. I said I’d be honored–and decided to also share it again with you.
Easter is special, world-changing, cosmos altering.
It celebrates the permanent victory of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Don’t Give Up on an American Renewal
I believe that the latter part of the 20th century and first of the 21st could be described one day as the “Great Turning Away” of the Western World from God, faith, freedom and the blessings that flow from Bible-based nations and civilization.
It will be lamented as one of the most foolish and tragic rejections of truth in the history of humankind. Though Europe is further down that destructive path, America is not far behind.
But don’t give up yet on another American renewal. Nearly 70% of U.S. voters still believe in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.