Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 15, through an admittedly complex discourse, that God’s long-awaited era of New Creation has officially begun with Jesus’s resurrection. What this means for us is a call to live in the balance of the now and not yet, never too much in the now nor too focused on the future hope that we forget the now.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Jesus’s resurrection changes everything! In the first century world of Roman occupation, this wasn’t always welcome news to everyone. The idea of resurrection now, already beginning in the person of Jesus, carried substantial consequences, including the inbreaking of God’s world into our own. This is what we should expect when the signs of new life spring up: some people rejoice, while others are threatened.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Peter’s denial is an infamous passage in the passion narratives. Mirroring and redeeming this event is Jesus’s post-resurrection call for Peter to feed his sheep. More than anything, the triple repetition of Jesus’s question, with variation, showcases Jesus’s grace to, once again, meet the disciples where they’re at. Even when Peter can’t quite bring himself to declare his full love for Jesus.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Thomas is often labelled the doubting disciple, but Prof. Wright reinterprets John 20 to see Thomas as a model of very real faith, with consequences for all of our evangelism. Jesus’s action in this passage point to a God who meets us where we are, and respects our belief, however it comes about. Thomas is, after all, the first person in John’s Gospel to call Jesus God.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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Several of the Easter stories contain the hint that the disciples don’t quite recognize Jesus right away. In the story of the dinner at Emmaus, Luke provides us with the new way by which we recognize Jesus, the breaking of the bread among believers, and the warming of our hearts at the unfolding of the scriptures.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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People of Promise: Reflecting the Rhythms of Easter presents reflections to illuminate the themes of Easter and celebrate the risen Christ. Prof. N.T. Wright invites viewers to celebrate God’s raising of Jesus from the dead, as it is expounded in the Scriptures. We find ourselves, at this particular moment in the church’s year, "buried with the Messiah." Paul, too, found himself in this same spiritual position of waiting. In Romans 6, Paul unpacks this feeling. As believers "in Christ," we share in Jesus’s fate, dying and rising to the new Easter life.To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.lightsource.com/donate/1749/29

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