Early in the morning on the first day of the week, the women who followed Jesus went to the tomb with burial spices. Instead of their dead Lord, they found angels who announced that Jesus had risen again as He said He would, and they urged the women to go tell the disciples.

Every spring, we celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ by hiding colored eggs and chocolate bunnies for our children. Little girls run around in white frilly dresses and boys sport handsome braces to hold up well-pressed trousers. It’s nice to attend church Easter morning wearing our new best clothes...

Let's begin by exploring a subject that goes beyond the physical world itself. We’re going to take a step beyond our normal four dimensions to talk about what we call the Godhead: one God found in three distinct Persons.

We see a vacuous Christianity across our landscape. We see a God without wrath, who would bring human beings into a kingdom without judgment, through the ministry of a Christ without a cross. The truth is not about what is nice or pretty. We need to be about the truth, even when it’s hard to hear.