Jesus is Risen

Taxes are due in a few days and so every spare waking moment of mine has been dedicated to this task that I loathe. Not much time for writing. I was especially disappointed since it's the Easter season and my heart has had a lot in it that I wanted to get out. Maybe next Easter I'll have my taxes out of the way.

I've referred in a few posts to the issue of the tomb of Jesus being "found." James White has now written a book entitled, "From Toronto To Emmaus: The Empty Tomb and the Journey from Skepticism to Faith" on the subject. The Apologetics Resource Center has it available to purchase on their site here. On the back cover Ligon Duncan writes,

"James White has done a splendid job of answering questions that would have been raised in the minds of thoughtful inquirers by the sensationalistic but dubious documentary 'The Lost Tomb of Jesus' by James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici. Readers who think Christians are afraid of hard facts will have to think again after reading this rapidly produced but superbly informed and rigorously reasoned rejoinder."

The fact that Christ is risen is not only central to our faith as Christians, but it is a fundamental motivation for living. If death had not been conquered, if Christ were merely an example, if there were no eternal hope or greater reality than the one in which we exist, why wouldn't we want to end it all. So while this controversy may seem trivial to many in Evangelicalsim, recognize that it is not. At the same time, don't become anxious about it either. There is nothing new under the sun and Christ sits not in heaven ringing his hands, but triumphant on His throne and reigning over His kingdom. In Acts 2:30, Peter (referring to David) spoke, "Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne, he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ..." Wow! Christ is now on David's throne, reigning. David foretold it "being therefore a prophet" and Peter confirmed it. That gives us a lot to celebrate at Easter and every reason to rebuff any notion that the tomb of Jesus has been "discovered." Walk in confidence this day, if you are a child of the King. He reigns!