In John 20, the resurrection of Jesus is not presented as a familiar religious idea but as a life-disrupting reality: it interrupts Mary’s grief, the disciples’ fear, and Thomas’s doubt, meeting each person where they are and re-centering them on the living Christ. This message follows the story into Acts, showing how the certainty that…
Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.” Luke 9:23 What do you think it means to “take up your cross?” Explore the idea that it is really a call to live in a deeply committed relationship with God.
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