The faithful around the world celebrate Holy Saturday on April 8, 2023. Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday, is the day that some believe Jesus — his body in his tomb — descended into ...

Let’s say that what the Gospels claim is true: Jesus is risen. It seems that the world keeps going and there’s still oppression, suffering and grief. There’s still death.

In the second, the chief priests and elders bribe the stunned tomb guards to keep what they’ve seen to themselves and instead tell people that Jesus’ disciples came and stole his body from the ...

The story of the Jesus Christ’s resurrection is one that hits home in the High Plains and for Christians everywhere noted in Luke Chapter 24.

Happy Easter! On Easter, the Church offers us two Gospels. Mark’s account (16:1-7) of the encounter of Mary Magdalene and the other women with the angel at Christ’s tomb is read at the Easter ...

He is risen: The Resurrection of Jesus. Apr 17, 2022 Apr 17, 2022; ... Very early when the sun had risen, ... they came to the tomb.

Jesus’ Resurrection is our salvation. St. Paul is blunt about this fact: Unless Jesus is risen from the dead, “your faith is in vain” (1 Corinthians 15:14).

The resurrection of Jesus Christ is the cornerstone of the Christian faith and one of the most powerful proclamations of hope in history. At the heart of this event is the empty tomb, not merely a ...

Jesus is risen, exclusion is dead. Jaime L. Waters March 18, 2021. Arturo Rey/Unsplash. Happy Easter! ... the beloved disciple and Simon Peter—and their encounter at the empty tomb.

An unexpected blessing of this time living a more confined faith has been, for me, discovering the giving hearts of pastors in other parts of the country and world.

“O Lord Jesus Christ, by Your three-day rest in the tomb You hallowed the graves of all who believe in You, promising resurrection to our mortal bodies…” (Lutheran Service Book Agenda, p. 128).