Tag: Easter

The Five-Fold Argument for the Resurrection

I’ve got a piece today on Strange Notions (based upon this 2010 post) looking at five specific pieces of evidence that suggest that the Resurrection happened. Here’s a snippet: On this Good Friday, the day Christians traditionally commemorate the death of Jesus on the cross, let’s examine the evidence surrounding his death and resurrection. I’d… Continue reading The Five-Fold Argument for the Resurrection

CNN’s Easter-Bashing Goes Laughably Awry

CNN’s annual “Bash Christianity on Easter” story is crazier than usual.  This year, they ran an article entitled The Jesus Debate: Man vs. Myth. On one side were John Dominic Crossan and Bart Ehrman, who deny the physical Resurrection. On the other side, are folks like (self-proclaimed “spiritual pioneer”) Timothy Freke who go even further, and deny… Continue reading CNN’s Easter-Bashing Goes Laughably Awry

Holy Saturday

For Christ also died for sins once for all,the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit; in which he went and preached to the spirits in prison, who formerly did not obey, when God’s patience waited in the days… Continue reading Holy Saturday

Did the Gospels Evolve?

Caravaggio, Doubting Thomas (1603) A common claim from Biblical skeptics is that the earliest New Testament Books tell a very different story than the later Books: that the story of Jesus grew with time, becoming more and more incredible, and less and less historical.  In other words, it’s the idea that the New Testament evolved from history… Continue reading Did the Gospels Evolve?

The Key to Harmonizing the Gospels’ Easter Accounts

Given the centrality of the Resurrection, it can be troubling for Christians that there are so many seeming discrepancies in how the four Gospel writers describe exactly what happened on Easter morning: they seem to fundamentally disagree with one another on who went to the Tomb and what they saw.  For example, Matthew and Mark… Continue reading The Key to Harmonizing the Gospels’ Easter Accounts

St. John and St. Peter: Love and the Church

At Men’s Group on Wednesday, Fr. Kelly talked briefly about the roles played by John and by Peter in the early Church. Peter is the “Ecclesiastical Disciple,” the one on whom Christ entrusts authority of the Church, who He generally leaves in charge. It’s Peter that Christ builds His Church upon, calls to be the… Continue reading St. John and St. Peter: Love and the Church

Can Christ’s Glorified Body be in Locked Rooms and in the Eucharist?

In Luke 24, we hear how, on Easter Day, Jesus made Himself visible to two travelers on the road to Emmaus and then, after breaking Bread and giving it to them, He disappeared.  And in John 20:19, in one of the Resurrection appearances of Jesus, we hear: On the evening of that first day of the week,… Continue reading Can Christ’s Glorified Body be in Locked Rooms and in the Eucharist?

Coming to Know the Resurrected Jesus Christ

First off, credit where credit is due: yesterday was Fr. Kelly’s first Easter Mass as a priest, and he hadn’t prepared a homily.  He learned from a priest in seminary that the less you try and prepare things (like homilies) yourself, the more room you leave for the Holy Spirit to work through you.  He… Continue reading Coming to Know the Resurrected Jesus Christ

Happy Easter!

“Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still with you in Galilee: ‘The Son of Man must be delivered over to the hands of sinners, be crucified and on the third day be raised again.’”– Luke 24:5-7… Continue reading Happy Easter!