What is the one single event that has most influenced and changed human history? The disciples of Jesus Christ have only one answer, which they proclaim without reservation, indisputably and absolutely: the dying and rising of God’s only-begotten Son, Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Yes, the rising of Jesus Christ from His human death on the cross to new and unending life on the third day has forever influenced and changed human history and, indeed, our lives. One sentence in the Easter Scripture readings, from the Gospel according to Saint John, gives us the key to understanding how and why the rising of Jesus Christ makes all the difference: “And he saw and believed.”
[blockquote]What else do we see differently? We proclaim and witness the fundamental right to life with the eyes of a hopeful and faithful Christian. There are those among us who do not understand that the foundation, the hinge, upon which all of our culture and society rests, is respect for the sacredness of human life from the moment of conception to the moment of natural death.[/blockquote]
Evangelism leads to converted hearts and converted hearts lead to understanding the sacredness of unborn life.
Song from St. Peter’s point of view on the Resurrection:
He’s Alive, words and music by Don Francisco, with intro on how he came to write the song in this way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIndrry40Ks&feature=related
Here is the late Keith Green performing Ann Herring’s Easter Song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3kc1jDahU4.