2014 will be the year that Seven Mile Road celebrates Easter not once, but thirteen times in a row.
Beginning this Sunday, we kick off a new series on the resurrection of Jesus Christ looking at what it means and why it matters. The resurrection means more than a wispy, ghost-like, eternity where we float on clouds playing harps. The resurrection means a solid, real, future where God makes everything that is wrong right. A future that reaches back into the present with massive implications on how we live now. Here.
The Christian hope is much bigger and wider than being evacuated from this world. Christians are not just believing the right doctrines and checking off the right theological boxes until their souls are airlifted from this doomed world. Instead, Christians are those who believe that God has not abandoned the world He created, but is on a mission to renew all things through the sin-conquering, death-defeating, resurrected Jesus Christ.
The resurrection of Jesus Christ changes everything. It means we can die well because there is new life after death. But it also means we must live well because there is new life before death. Our hope is that this series will help us see both.
Easter #1 is this Sunday. We hope you’ll join us!
Download: Resurrection Series Guide
by Ajay Thomas
Ajay lives in Philadelphia with his wife Shainu and their kids Hannah and Micah. He is responsible for preaching and vision as a pastor at Seven Mile Road.