Easter service sermon on the apostolic testimony to the bodily resurrection of Jesus in 1 Cor 15:1-11, by Dr. Greg Lanier.

Application questions

• Why is the resurrection important to Christianity? Name 5 reasons (from this passage or from others).
• Discuss the biggest objections to the resurrection of Jesus that you’ve heard (e.g., “the disciples stole the body,” “the disciples all just saw a ghost”). Which do you think are the hardest to answer?
• Review the 5 lines of evidence discussed from this passage that demonstrate that it is reasonable to believe in the resurrection of Jesus. How would you share them with an unbeliever?
  • Remembered tradition (“I delivered…what I received”)
  • Fulfillment of the Old Testament (“according to the Scriptures” 2x)
  • Apostolic eyewitnesses (“Cephas and the apostles”)
  • Greater cloud of witnesses (“500 other brothers”)
  • Improbable transformations (James and Paul)
• What are some other lines of evidence that support the facticity of the resurrection?

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A homily by Pastor David Camera on John 19:28 ("I thirst") as part of our Good Friday service.

A sermon on putting off the old and putting on the new in Ephesians 4:17-24, by David Camera.

Application questions:

• How would you describe the life of a non-Christian?
• How does Paul describe the life of a non-Christian in verses 17-19?
• How is a person brought out of the futility, darkness and hardness of a life apart from Christ? (vs. 20-21)
• According to verses 22-24, what steps must a Christian take to grow in godliness?
• Why must Christians no longer live like the world?
• Why is it important for a Christian to remember their life and spiritual condition before Christ?
• How has this passage affected the way you see those outside of Christ?
• What specific vices must you intentionally put off, what virtues must you intentionally put on and what aspects of your thinking must you renew with the Word of God?
• What is the encouraging truth that Paul ends with in verse 24?

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