Raised with Christ 1
Today we begin looking at Adrian Warnock’s just released Raised with Christ: How the Resurrection Changes Everything.
Chapter One: Christ Has Died! Christ Is Risen! Christ Will Come Again!Chapter Two: The Empty Cross, the Empty Tomb
Our author rightly places such importance on the resurrection that he defines a Christian as:
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The issue of course, as Adrian concedes, is what precisely are those ‘implications’? And this drives the theme of Raised with Christ – why the resurrection is so important; the ways in which we can be changed by it; the consequences of the resurrection for our thinking and behaviour.
At the beginning of chapter 2 we are reminded that the empty cross and the empty tomb are two images vital to our salvation. Indeed, as Adrian puts it: “…did Jesus rise from the dead? Everything hinges on our response to that single question.”
“The historical evidences which prove the resurrection are obvious for all to see. The reason that all [people] do not see them is the sinful blindness of the human heart…faith is supported and reinforced by historical evidences.”