I heard an Easter sermon on Easter Sunday. It wasn't about the resurrection. It was about the crucifixion. The crucifixion for those theologically impaired happened on Good Friday. Don't get me wrong. It was a good sermon. However, we don't hear sermons anymore about the theology of the resurrection. Protestants don't want to talk about the resurrection anymore. I wonder why. Is it embarassing? C. S. Lewis reports that the Resurrection is the central theme preached by the Apostles in Acts. I can't remember a time when anybody preached about it.
The author of Romans 1:4 writes about:
who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by
the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.
If Christ did not rise from the dead, we are fools believing this stuff. The resurrection demonstrates the power of Christ. It seems to me that we need to think about the theology of the resurrection a lot more than we do. There seems to be enough material in the New Testament to get us started.
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