Here is a strange thing. We can celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, enjoy the high praises of God during Easter, but in the days and weeks that follow, nothing changes. All is the same as before. What’s wrong with this picture? For the first disciples of Jesus, nothing was the same. Everything was different. The love of God gripped their lives so completely that they were new creations.

Here is a strange thing. We can celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus, enjoy the high praises of God during Easter, but in the days and weeks that follow, nothing changes. All is the same as before. What’s wrong with this picture? For the first disciples of Jesus, nothing was the same. Everything was different. The love of God gripped their lives so completely that they were new creations.

Do you understand why the resurrection of Jesus is so important to our faith in Jesus? What does it mean that Jesus was raised from the dead and what does that have to do with us? It could make your life extraordinary to experience the love and the power of God seen in the resurrection of Jesus. A new creation, with new possibilities and with renewed hope. The future can begin now.

Do you understand why the resurrection of Jesus is so important to our faith in Jesus? What does it mean that Jesus was raised from the dead and what does that have to do with us? It could make your life extraordinary to experience the love and the power of God seen in the resurrection of Jesus. A new creation, with new possibilities and with renewed hope. The future can begin now.

Do you know the story of God? His intense compassion, his deep humiliation, his overcoming joy? It will change our lives when we experience and know God in this way.

Do you know the story of God? His intense compassion, his deep humiliation, his overcoming joy? It will change our lives when we experience and know God in this way.

It is quite an amazing breakthrough to understand that God is a God of invitation. He loves to welcome us. He is filled with hospitality and kindness. Contrary to our dim view of God's. Did you know that God is a God of invitation? Did you know that God invites us into a better story? He has made preparations for it. He wants us to experience the depths of his love. He desires it not only for us, but also for those we know. As we approach Easter, let's awaken to the happy opportunity we have to invite others into this astonishing story.

It is quite an amazing breakthrough to understand that God is a God of invitation. He loves to welcome us. He is filled with hospitality and kindness. Contrary to our dim view of God's. Did you know that God is a God of invitation? Did you know that God invites us into a better story? He has made preparations for it. He wants us to experience the depths of his love. He desires it not only for us, but also for those we know. As we approach Easter, let's awaken to the happy opportunity we have to invite others into this astonishing story.

What brand of Christianity do you have? Is it the kind that reflects the compassion of Jesus? Is your faith in God the kind that makes you uneasy with hatred, prejudice and hypocrisy - especially when you see it in yourself? Expose yourself to radical love.