One of my favorite hymns begins like this: Low in the grave He lay, Jesus, my Savior, waiting the coming day, Jesus my Lord… Up from the grave He arose! While we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus every Sunday, there is something knowing that on the Sunday of Passover about 2,000 years ago, Jesus our Lord and Savior defeated death and rose from the grave.

This Easter, we’re going to allow Paul’s letter to the Galatians to bring us to celebrate the resurrection anew. Up to this point, Paul has expounded upon the promise given to Abraham in Genesis 12 and 15. A promise that, through Abraham, God will bless all peoples on earth.

Now, it’s important for us to understand that this promised blessing means far more than any sort of material blessing. Rather, this promised blessing is the return of all people to dwell with God again. To be in His presence. A promise that God will restore all things and set the world right.

However, there is a question that has been asked by the Galatian churches and the people of God at their bleakest moments: Has God’s promise failed? We look into the world and witness chaos, injustice, and evil. We look within ourselves and we see all the pain and suffering that we’ve experienced and that we’ve inflicted. We, too, ask: Has God’s promise failed? This Easter Sunday, we’re going to see that God’s promise didn’t fail; it rose from the grave. Isn’t that news worth proclaiming? 

-Caleb McCaughan

Dinner Table Conversations: 

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Little Learners’ Table Talk: 

Sermon Title: Pointing to the Promise

Sermon Series: Set Free

Sermon Passage: Galatians 3:15-25

Closing Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:18-22

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