Christ is risen! He is risen indeed.
Easter means many things to many people. For secular Australia, it means the longest of long weekends, the ritual exchange of chocolates of various shapes and sizes, perhaps a family get-together, or a bit of cricket, or a barbecue. And for Christians, Easter is the most holy time of the year.
At Easter, we remember how and why Jesus died, and we celebrate his resurrection, and his authority to make all things right and all things new. At its heart, Easter is a story about our deepest needs, and God’s great love, and the new hope we discover when we experience the reality of Jesus Christ in our lives.
As biblical scholar N.T. Wright puts it, “The message of Easter is that God’s new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you’re now invited to belong to it.” Whose world do you belong to?
Broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 4 April 2010.
