Quotes about Resurrection
Christ's recapitulation of the human story does not simply invite us into the divine life. There is an objective reality about it; it has happened over our dead bodies, so to speak.
— Fleming Rutledge
The Son of God did not come to make good people better but to give life to the dead.
— Fleming Rutledge
To summarize, then: the crucifixion is the touchstone of Christian authenticity, the unique feature by which everything else, including the resurrection, is given its true significance.
— Fleming Rutledge
The unique feature of the Christian proclamation is the shocking claim that God is fully acting, not only in Jesus' resurrected life, but especially in Jesus' death on the cross. To say the same thing in another way, the death of Jesus in and of itself would not be anything remarkable. What is remarkable is that the Creator of the universe is shown forth in this gruesome death.
— Fleming Rutledge
God is whoever raised Jesus from the dead, having before raised Israel from Egypt. There is no God but this God.
— Stanley Hauerwas
Because the New Testament provides the primary historical source for information on the resurrection, many critics during the 19th century attacked the reliability of these biblical documents.
— Josh McDowell
Without a doubt, at the center of the New Testament there stands the Cross, which receives its interpretation from the Resurrection.
— Hans Urs von Balthasar
I have never quite managed to see how we can make sense of the sacramental life of the Church without a theology of the risen body; and I have never managed to see how to put together such a theology without belief in the empty tomb. If a corpse clearly marked 'Jesus of Nazareth' turned up, I should save myself a lot of trouble and become a Quaker.
— Rowan Williams
Only the body saves the soul.
— Rowan Williams
Out of the cross comes the resurrection. Out of weakness comes real strength.
— Timothy Keller
Christian hope does not promise successful days to the rich and the strong, but resurrection and life to those who must exist in the shadows of death. Success is no name of God. Righteousness is.
— Jurgen Moltmann
The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life! Take up your cross DAILY, Jesus said!
— John Piper