Today we talk about Jesus in the tomb in Mt 28.1-20; Mk 16.1-20; Lk 24.1-53; Jn 20.1-25.

Five years ago, Alan and Mary Balfour started a podcast during a pandemic because what else were you going to do? This week they wrap up Season 5 with the day that makes everything else make sense.

Easter is not just the happy ending after a hard week. It’s the whole point.

The cross matters, but without the resurrection, as Alan puts it, pain and suffering and sin win. Easter is the day death loses. That changes everything, including, it turns out, how Christians understand funerals, which are Easter liturgies, and how they understand ordinary Sundays, and how they understand what happens when they die.

Season 5 is a wrap, but the summer interview series launches the first week of June, with episodes every other week featuring a bishop, a priest, a deacon, a lay minister, a monk, a nun, and an army chaplain, all talking about vocation and how ordinary people can find their place in ministry. Season 6 returns in August.

Thanks for five years. We love you. But most importantly, God does.

Links mentioned in this episode:

- Lydia of Thyatira (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_of_Thyatira)

- Walk-off Home Runs as an Image of Heaven (https://joshnoem.substack.com/p/walk-off-homers-are-an-image-of-heaven)

- Dr. Tony’s notes on the crucifixion (https://www.stmartininthefields.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/The-Crucifixion.pdf)

- Entering the Passion of Jesus: A Beginner's Guide to Holy Week (https://a.co/d/89u4GX8)

- Christ Chronological Bible (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/143364603X)

- Check us out on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@biblelovepodcast)