Spiritual Thoughts

I f Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he did not rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said. The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching, BUT whether or not he rose from the dead. ~ Tim Keller   F or if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised, and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless, you are still in your sins. IF we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. BUT now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are asleep. ~ 1 Corinthians 15:16-20

  B eginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again. ~ Og Mandino W hat is desirable in a man is his kindness. ~ Proverbs 19:22

  T he entire plan for the future has its key in the resurrection. ~ Unknown   A nd from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first born of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by his blood - and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to his God and Father - to him be the glory and dominion, forever and every. Amen. ~ Revelation 1:5-6

  Friday Tale - Fragile: Handle with Care   T here was a man named Jose Estrada who drove to a popular trail where he liked to jog. Unknown to him, while Estrada was running, another man on the same trail collapsed and died of a heart attack. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital where authorities found a car key in his pocket, but no identification. Assuming they'd find the name of the man in his automobile registration papers, they brought the key back to a parking lot near the jogging trail and tried it in the doors of every General Motors vehicle until they found a match.     Now, here's where the story gets strange. The key opened the door of Estrada's pickup truck. They found his papers and notified his wife of his untimely death. They asked her to come to the hospital and identify the body of her husband.     And here is where the story gets stranger still. Mrs. Estrada saw the body on the table with a tube snaking from...

Y ou can't truly celebrate Independence Day           if you remain a slave to your desires . . -Mardy Grothe S o you also must consider yourselves dead to sin    and alive to God in Christ Jesus.      Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body,        to make you obey its passions. - Romans 6:11-12 (ESV)

O ur Lord has written the    promise of resurrection,         not in books alone,               but in every leaf of springtime. .- Martin Luther J ust as Christ was raised from the dead      by the glory of the Father,              we too might walk in newness of life. - Romans 6:4 (ESV)