John Beeson / Greg Lavine

Why did Jesus Have to Rise Again? The Why’s of Easter Greg Lavine and John Beeson So we begin this Easter Sunday with this declaration. He is risen. He is risen indeed. One more time. He is risen. He is risen indeed. Amen. Now we respond in that way, not just because it's some religious thing that we do, some, some little thing that the church, churchy thing that we do on Easter Sunday. It is us repeating the most outrageous claim in all of history that a man came who is fully God and fully...

Why Did Jesus Live? The Why’s of Easter Greg Lavine and John Beeson You've all been a part of conversations like this where someone is super excited about what they're talking about and you have little to no interest whatsoever in what they're talking about. And so you kind of politely listen, but you're looking for a way out of the conversation. Essentially, this happens to me with John, especially this time of year. He starts to talk about this archaic type of sport that used to be popular...