YOUR SATURDAY SEVEN - Week 23
Compiled by: Rob Martinez, April 16, 2022
Your Saturday Seven is a hand selection of seven articles from this week that will hopefully be a blessing to you! You can see more past articles here. Note: I do not necessarily fully endorse or agree with all content posted.
1. ONE OF THE MOST OVERLOOKED ARGUMENTS FOR THE RESURRECTION.
By: Michael J. Kruger, 4.13.22 / Canon Fodder
“But then, amazingly, something changed. Even though Jesus was killed by the Romans, like all the other would-be Messiahs, his movement didn’t end. Indeed it grew. It exploded. And these same followers of Jesus began to boldly proclaim that he was Lord and Messiah.”
2. SOUTHERN BAPTISTS APPLAUD OKLAHOMA ABORTION BAN.
By: Tom Strode, 4.13.22 / Baptist Press
“Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed into law Tuesday (April 12) the ban, which criminalizes the performance of an abortion or attempt to perform an abortion as a felony. If convicted, a person may receive a maximum prison sentence of 10 years and/or a fine of as much as $100,000.”
3. 13 PILLARS FOR PLANTING HEALTHY CHURCHES.
By: Matt Rogers, 4.11.22 / 9 Marks
“Planting churches isn’t enough. The goal of the missionary task is to plant healthy, strong, and biblical churches. That’s how they portray the manifold wisdom of God and establish a long-standing, faithful witness to the gospel in our community.”
4. 5 REASONS THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS IS NOT A COPY OF ANCIENT PAGAN MYTHS.
By: Alisa Childers, 4.13.22 / Cross Examined
“We are coming up on a time of year when the resurrection of a virgin-born child whose followers called the “Good Shepherd” and “Messiah” is celebrated. He had twelve disciples, performed miracles, and sacrificed himself for the peace of the world. He was buried in a tomb only to rise from the dead three days later. His followers went on to celebrate his resurrection every year, and this celebration eventually became what we call “Easter. Think I’m talking about Jesus? Nope. I’m talking about Mithras.”
5. CONTEMPT, CONTEMPLATION, CONVICTION: THREE RESPONSES TO THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.
By: Alistair Begg, 4.12.22 / Truth for Life
“Belief is a key part of the path that God has laid down to life and salvation in Jesus Christ. God changes men and women as they begin to live in the light and hope of the resurrection. And as Paul told the Athenians, God has assured us of His promises by raising Christ from the dead (Acts 17:31).”
6. ANTICIPATING EASTER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
By: Davy Ellison, 4.16.22 / The Gospel Coalition
“True, these are technically not resurrections but resuscitations. (The individuals were brought back to life, but they weren’t glorified—that comes later.) But these events do demonstrate God’s power over the grave. He denies death its victims. These resuscitations are “resurrection precursors,” provoking us to celebrate the extraordinary acts that prefigured not only the resurrection of Jesus but ours too.”
7. WHEN THE DAWN SEEMS TO DIE: HOW JESUS KEEPS US FROM FALLING AWAY.
By: Scott Hubbard, 4.14.22 / Desiring God
“Maybe you’ve been there, as I have. Maybe you are there right now. If so, Holy Week offers a fellow failure, an anguished friend, a brother in the darkness. If anyone has tasted the bitter salt of midnight weeping, he has. And if anyone can testify to the miracle of dawn and the drying of tears, he can.”
