Stars twinkled in the sky, as the first cars pulled into the parking lot. Their headlights beamed over the ocean waters, competing with the circling light from the towering lighthouse behind us. Children yawned, as their parents lifted them from their safety seats. A...
"'Don't be alarmed,' he said. 'You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid him. But go, tell his disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see him, just as he...
"Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?" - Acts 26:8On Saturday morning, January 3, 1880, in Maiden, Massachusetts, Bishop Gilbert Haven's physician said that his last day had come, and he allowed his friends to see him one last time....
A man once crucified now lives!How can this be?In Jerusalem that day thousands witnessed Hisdeath. Now He lives! How can this be?He was laid in a tomb and guardsstood watch as in death He hay.Why guard a dead man's tomb? On the fist day of the week, an angel of...
I know a man called Jesus, Who from His grave arose, On that first Easter morning To vindicate our souls. He bore the cross of Calvary And shed His blood for you and me. He paid a debt He didn't owe, As through His blood forgiveness flowed. Then, from His...
It started with the tears;Like something, some One, had hold of meStronger than any Force I’d ever felt,Yet, strangely gentle. I knew they were having supper in an upstairs room.John had told my brotherI ran from my place, with the bottle in my hand.I ran straight to...
"The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.'" - Matthew 28:5-6It was Easter Day, 1973. Pastor Kefa Sempangi bravely...