“Sir, He is not here! Could you please make your way out, sir!” requested the Catholic monk as I tried to linger on at the tomb inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in East Jerusalem, Israel. That was in January of 2011 during a visit to the Holy Land. At the entrance of the tomb inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, East Jerusalem, Israel. Like many pilgrims, I was fascinated by the significance of what happened here two thousand years ago. Corresponding to the early visitors on that Easter morning, I inadvertently drew the same reminder, “Why do you seek the living One among the dead? He is not here, but He is risen! Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again” (Luke 24:5-7). The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is indisputably the single most powerful event in all of human history with na...
The major cities of the United States are changing both in their belief systems and ethno-cultural makeup. How should the Good News be presented to them in order to be Good News? Besides sharing biblical inspiration plus stories of God's grace at work through our ministry in various parts of the world, I hope to address this and many other issues important to our Christian faith.