Immediately after wishing the disciples peace, Jesus says, “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” Peace is the first gift of the resurrection, but mission is the second.

Jesus' resurrection is not like the myths common in the world of his time. Küng mentions Hercules who was taken up into Olympus and Dionysius who died and was revived.

The Bible Continues, the disciples experience a variation of emotions before and after Jesus’ resurrection: doubt, awe, fear and comfort. Following the Nazarene’s death, his disciples fear ...

Jesus, in fellowship with the disciples, broke bread together in Luke 24:30-32 as they participated in the covenant of Holy Communion. He encouraged the disciples to continue their commission to ...

2,000 years after Christ lived, one-third of the world believes Jesus is their God and Savior and 'the Leader to whom they have committed their lives.' Patty Knap Blogs Trending ...

The resurrection compels us to tell the world about Jesus. The second thing Jesus told his disciples is that they should tell the whole world about his crucifixion and resurrection, and invite ...

Easter is a wonderful celebration. The Easter egg hunt. The chocolate rabbits. Easter bonnets. Easter baskets. Sunrise service. Excited preachers. And of course the resurrection. But after Easter ...

Jesus had a 'plan, a mission and a mandate' that continued after his resurrection, ... A 19th-century wood carving depiction of Jesus Christ appearing to two disciples on the road to Emmaus.

According to the Christian faith, resurrection is the pivotal event when “God raised Jesus from the dead” after he was crucified by the Roman governor Pontius Pilate.

What Jesus' resurrection teaches us about how to live after the pandemic ... I've been like the disciples, fretting and pacing, visiting the tomb of grief under the cover of night, ...

Before the crucifixion, these same disciples had not understood Jesus’ coming death and resurrection. Along the Emmaus road after his resurrection, he connected for them the dots between the Old ...

The story, it seemed, was over. Convicted of sedition, condemned to death by crucifixion, nailed to a cross on a hill called Golgotha, Jesus of Nazareth had endured all that he could. According to ...