He Is Risen

And That Changes Everything

Easter is a strange day if you think about it long enough.

We gather, we sing, we say the words — *He is risen, He is risen indeed* — and then we go home and eat ham (or Chicken Biryani) and wonder if we actually believe what we just said. Not because we’re bad people. But because the resurrection is an audacious claim. A man died. A man rose. And somehow, that changes everything about everything.

I was once asked on a podcast if there was anything that could shake my faith and cause me to move from belief to disbelief.

I responded simply - Yes, show me the body.

So let’s slow down and actually deal with it.

The Cross Was Not a Defeat

Before we get to the empty tomb, we have to understand the cross rightly. Because most people, even many Christians; read the cross as a tragedy that God turned into a triumph. Like Jesus lost round one and won round two.

But that’s not what happened.

Jesus on the cross was victorious, not defeated. Here’s why that matters: the cross was understood in the anc…