April 21, 2019 -Resurrection Sunday: The Eighth Day of Creation

April 21, 2019 5. Experience of the Holy Spirit 6. What will you do with Jesus? What are your objections? Consider praying this prayer. Through a simple prayer, you can join the family of God and be assured of eternal life. If you are ready to experience an abundant, meaningful life, we encourage you to offer this prayer to the Lord: Jesus, I admit that I am a sinner, and I choose to turn from my sin right now. I am thankful that you are my Savior. I believe you can forgive my sin and make me a new person. I commit myself into your hands. Please come into my heart and give me the eternal life you promised. Amen. 1. The Paschal Greeting 2. Gospel John 20:1-18 3. Initial Thoughts on the Resurrection How to know if you are in an orthodox Christian church/within orthodoxy as a leader? 4. Evidences of resurrection and some of the earliest deniers… Boyd on trying to get around the resurrection +If we are serious and curious we need to wrestle with three things: (4.1) Identify our biases – no one is truly objective – being honest about that will help you actually learn new things! (4.2) Internal Evidence: (1) honesty, (2) irrelevant details, (3) harmony, (4) public extraordinary claims, (5) motivation or lack of it for fabrication. We are finalizing a location and time for a late spring/early summer baptism service. If you are following Christ please follow his instructions and be baptized as a public confession/announcement of your faith. Sources/Resources: -John Polkinghorne, Nicholas Beale Questions of Truth: Fifty-One Responses to Questions about God, Science and Belief www.questionsoftruth.org -Gregory A. Boyd, Edward K. Boyd, Letters from a Skeptic -Lee Strobel,The Case for Easter: Journalist Investigates the Evidence for the Resurrection and The Case for Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus -C Michael patton, http://www.reclaimingthemind.org -Biblical Archeology Review http://www.bib-arch.org/ -http://orthodoxwiki.org [others as mentioned] (4.3) External evidence: (1) preservation of the documents, (2) archeology, (3) extra-biblical attestation, (4) survival in a hostile environment [We will not cover this all - but check out the resources below].