Quotes about Resurrection

Mary was still thinking in terms of a dead body when Jesus confronted her with His living presence.

What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead.

Perhaps [the critics are right and] the drama is played out now and Jesus is safely dead and buried. Perhaps. It is ironical and entertaining to consider that at least once in the world's history those words might have been said with complete conviction, and that was on the eve of the Resurrection.

But He, unshaken, with exultant voice cried, It is finished! and gave up the ghost. Finished--when men had thought it scarce begun.

The whole essence of the Christian religion is based on the atonement of Christ, his death and his resurrection.

The literal resurrection of every soul who has lived and died on earth is a certainty, and surely one should make careful preparation for this event. A glorious resurrection should be the goal of every man and woman, for resurrection will be a reality.

The call of God does what the call of man cannot. It raises the dead.

We ought to be living as if Jesus died yesterday, rose this morning, and is coming back this afternoon.

Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection not in books alone but in every leaf of springtime.

The same power that stopped the sun and raised Christ from the grave lives in every believer!

Even though we must walk in the land of fear, there is no need to fear. The power of His resurrection comes before the fellowship of His sufferings.

The origin of the Christian faith is therefore inexplicable unless Jesus really rose from the dead.