A Ridiculous News Story

Go read this article and be amazed….but come back!

Man Dead For 40 Minutes Brought Back to Life With New CPR Technique.

You should be amazed by that. People aren’t supposed to come back from the dead after being gone for so long. This is an amazing testament of God’s grace that we could advance in medicine so far that things like this can happen.

Through putting in a non-invasive cardiac support pump doctors are able to move blood throughout the body through manual compressions. It’s quite the ordeal but it is proving to be effective at saving a life even after being dead for 40 minutes.

Now go read John 11.

Lazarus had been in the tomb for four days. Dude was already buried and starting to stink. Then Jesus arrived.

With no medical equipment.

With no CPR.

With no techniques.

Only His voice.

“Lazarus, come out!!!”

And Lazarus walks out wearing grave clothes. I can see the headlines in the next mornings Bethany Gazette: Man Dead For 4 Days Brought Back to Life by Man’s Voice.

Yeah, be amazed! Especially since he promises to do it again someday…and this time worldwide!

Why Easter is Cooler Than Christmas

It is Monday. The day after Easter. And I’m not blue.

That’s not the case usually the day after Christmas. The day after Christmas all the presents have been opened. The holiday season is coming to a close. The month of planning has come to a climax and now it’s over. It never seems to satisfy.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy thinking about and celebrating the incarnation. Truth be told we couldn’t have Easter without Christmas. But I like Easter better. The day after Christmas feels like it is time for life to go back to normal. Time to get back to the daily grind. Time to get started.

Easter feels like victory. And it is. Because on the Monday after the Resurrection everything is different. Sin has been conquered. Death is in its grave. Hell is being overturned. This compels us to mission, to proclaim an empty tomb. But it feels different than the day after Christmas.

It is Monday. The day after Easter. And I’m not blue.

He has risen! And now everything is different. Easter is way cooler than Christmas because Christmas only leads to Easter. The resurrection is the victory, forever changing every day after.