I happened to be visiting a primary school recently and, it being a secular school, the teacher’s message about Easter was designed to be as neutral as possible. I was actually (somewhat pleasantly) surprised by how respectful the teacher was towards Christian beliefs, given the secular context. I have witnessed or been involved in some philosophical or religious debates before, and (sadly) it has more often than not come down to one side attempting to ridicule the other. The problem there is that ridicule, in itself, does not prove anything.<\/p>\n
Today, Christians\u00a0celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ\u2014someone who is, on the one hand, revered above all others as the Son of God and the only way to eternal life, and on the other hand, is\u00a0perhaps ridiculed more than any other man in history: a blasphemer, a deluded (or insane) individual, a bastard, or even a mere work of fiction. To be fair, there are probably\u00a0also plenty of people in the middle ground, who might consider Christ as someone who did actually exist, but was simply a wise man\u00a0or an example of a good man. But clearly, Christ cannot be all of those things.<\/p>\n
Is today just the latter part of the\u00a0weekend\u2014just another Sunday\u2014or perhaps more than that?\u00a0How we treat Easter\u00a0will, I think, reveal much about who we believe Christ is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I happened to be visiting a primary school recently and, it being a secular school, the teacher’s message about Easter was designed to be as neutral as possible. I was actually (somewhat pleasantly) surprised by how respectful the teacher was towards Christian beliefs, given the secular context. I have witnessed or been involved in some… Continue reading Easter 2016<\/span>