John 20:1-18
Chris Breslin
“The Word through whom all things were made is now the Word through whom all things are remade…Jesus’ resurrection is to be seen as the beginning of the new world, the first day of the new week, the unveiling of the prototype of what God is now going to accomplish in the rest of the world.” –N.T. Wright
“[We] are neither optimists or pessimists, Jesus Christ has risen from the dead!” -Lesslie Newbigin
“Wherever the cross is, resurrection is near.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Scripture:
John 2:1-11, 4:46-54, 5:1-18, 6:5-14, 9:1-7, 11:1-45
Songs for Today’s Worship Gathering:
By the Mark by Welch/Rawlings
Christ the Lord is Risen Today by Wesley
We Will Feast in the House of Zion by McCracken
Praise the Savior, Now and Ever by Fortunatus/Moote
10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord) by Redman/Myrin
Come to the Table (Isa 55) by Wilson
Doxology: In Christ Alone by Townend/Getty
Go further:
“Mended Spiderwebs” art exhibit by Nina Katchadourian
Reading Scripture in Light of the Resurrection (chapter in the Art of Reading Scripture) by Richard B Hays (and Ellen F. Davis)
Can These Bones Live?: A Theology in Outline by Robert Jenson
Miracles by C.S. Lewis
The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach by Michael Licona
Prototype by Jonathan Martin
Resurrection & Moral Order by Oliver O’Donovan
Living the Resurrection by Eugene Peterson
Practice Resurrection by Eugene Peterson
Resurrection and the Son of God by N.T. Wright (academic)
Surprised by Hope by N.T. Wright (accessible)
