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What is Easter really about?

27/3/2013

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Here's a link to my short reflection about Easter that I wrote for the South Taranaki Star.

Also, a great article from a friend and colleague on Easter can be found here.
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Christ is Risen!

23/4/2011

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He is Risen indeed!

Here’s an excerpt from a very good statement made by leaders of the Churches of Auckland City in the " NZ Herald 

"...On the Passover Sunday, a strange thing happened. Some women followers of Jesus came to the tomb to find the stone rolled away, the soldiers gone, and the tomb empty. They were confused as were his other followers.  

Further strange events followed, with a series of appearances of Jesus in Jerusalem, Judea, Galilee, and Syria.  These experiences convinced his followers that Jesus had risen from the dead.

They pondered what had happened, remembering his teaching and the ancient prophecies. They realised God had come to save his world not as expected, by imposing himself with military force and suppression, but as a servant to save through humility, selflessness, sacrifice and death. In coming to die for the world, Jesus had become the final sacrifice for sin.

Jesus came to overcome evil, not illegitimately with compulsion, but through his refusal to yield to evil as it did its worst to defeat him. He overcame the worst enemy of humanity, death, ironically by dying himself, and being raised from the dead to overcome it..."

Amen to that!

Blessings,
Pastor David Auty

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