#resurrection

I know the resurrection is a fact, and Watergate proved it to me. How? Because 12 men testified they had seen Jesus raised from the dead, then they proclaimed that truth for 40 years, never once denying it. Every one was beaten, tortured, stoned and put in prison. They would not have endured that if it weren't true. Watergate embroiled 12 of the most powerful men in the world-and they couldn't keep a lie for three weeks. You're telling me 12 apostles could keep a lie for 40 years? Absolutely impossible. ↗

— Charles Colson

#resurrection #men

For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#courage #faith #jesus #radical #resurrection

Remember Jesus of Nazareth, staggering on broken feet out of the tomb toward the Resurrection, bearing on his body the proud insignia of the defeat which is victory, the magnificent defeat of the human soul at the hands of God. ↗

— Frederick Buechner

#jesus #resurrection #salvation #salvation

It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection. ↗

— Voltaire

#nature

The foundation of our religion is a basis of fact - the fact of the birth, ministry, miracles, death, resurrection by the Evangelists as having actually occurred, within their own personal knowledge. ↗

— Simon Greenleaf

#basis #birth #death #evangelists #fact

To a Christian, Easter Sunday means everything, when we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. ↗

— Bernhard Langer

#christ #christian #easter #everything #jesus

You can have either the Resurrection or you can have Liberace. But you can't have both. ↗

— Liberace

#either #liberace #resurrection #you

The New Testament witnesses were fully aware of the background against which the resurrection took place. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#aware #background #fully #new #new testament

Here's the simplest answer: Within weeks, the disciples proclaimed the resurrection of Jesus Christ, that He had been bodily raised from the dead and appeared to them. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#appeared #been #bodily #christ #dead

While the resurrection promises us a new and perfect life in the future, God loves us too much to leave us alone to contend with the pain, guilt and loneliness of our present life. ↗

— Josh McDowell

#contend #future #god #guilt #leave