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“The Easter Bunny came!”Those words were regularly exclaimed by my sisters and me when we awoke on Easter mornings to find colorful baskets filled with toys and treats. In our young age, we still believed that the Easter Bunny was real – that...

As the calendar moves forward toward the sacred beauty of this coming Good Friday, Silent Saturday, and Easter Sunday, we have the opportunity to once again look to the scriptures that detail the passion of our Lord.A careful reading of Luke...

Easter is the day on which Christians remember the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, agreeing with the angel at the tomb: “He is not here; he has risen!” (Luke 24:6-7). Jesus had promised before his death: “I am the resurrection, and the...

Whether you attend a church that uses liturgy or not, including Easter poems in your church services can be a great way to see the holiday's themes in a new way. Here are 10 Easter poems that explore different aspects of the holiday in powerful...

Why do we remember the cross at Easter? What does it mean in Christian tradition, and what does it mean today?

This Lenten Season, as we consider the symbolism behind this sacred practice, may we invite God to go deep within our souls, removing everything that hinders our relationship with Him.

The good news of Easter, and every day, is that Jesus died for the sins of humankind and was resurrected. His resurrection shows that He is the promised Messiah, Savior, and divine Son of God.

How can we stop allowing lesser things to push the blood of Christ to the periphery of our lives? Read these eight directions to help us be cross-centered every day:

The origins of Easter predate our modern, post-resurrection understanding because God knew about the cross and the resurrection from the very beginning. Easter commemorates a series of events, the culmination of which is Christ’s resurrection.

Our culture is shifting from denying reality to attempting to usurp God's authority over reality altogether.

As you celebrate Christ’s consummate gift of reconciliation, may you feel his presence in this collection of Easter Scriptures. Better than any basket full of goodies, the selected Scriptures offered within this article will satisfy your soul.

I majored in history in college. I had grown up in church and knew the stories, but my university studies provided a historical framework, so I understood the biblical stories more deeply. Through the years, studying ancient Jewish culture and...

One way to measure a story's power is to see how it has influenced other stories. No narrative has had more impact than the death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. First of all, millions of lives have been transformed as the Gospel...

Prayer is a gift, but it often doesn't feel like one. Prayer feels like work or an obligation. It’s boring. We get distracted. Yet we’ve been told to pray without ceasing. God told me once, years ago, “If you knew how strong I am, all you’d do is...

When we first hear about Jesus Christ, we might not learn that he died, was buried, and that he rose from the grave. We might, instead, hear about a God who loved us so much that he sent his Son to walk with us as a human being. But then Easter...

“All the fun things about Easter are pagan. Bunnies are a leftover from the pagan festival of Eostre.” Hot cross buns are related to “Israelites baking sweet buns for an idol, and religious leaders trying to put a stop to it.” Eventually, “defiant...

We sometimes believe we’ll gain more of a hearing if we present Jesus as teacher but not as a former corpse. It is too disturbing, we think to ourselves, too weird. How then do we communicate the Easter story to children, as something more than...

Incorporate these in your life in the weeks leading up to Easter. You may find as you will walk into Easter Sunday that you are worshipping in a deeper, more intimate way because you took the time to remember his sacrifice.

These Easter poems help us reflect on the season's many aspects, from Christ's resurrection to how as Christians we are brought to life by that sacrifice.

Of all the days in the Easter calendar, Resurrection Day is the most famous and most important. It marks the culmination of everything that has come before, the promises and betrayals as Jesus went to the cross and defeated death.