{"id":2026,"date":"2012-04-03T20:37:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T20:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2012-04-03T20:37:38","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T20:37:38","slug":"resurrection-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/03\/resurrection-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"Resurrection Quotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/TOuMmAzoSLo7itc3Ju5Jdb42LlpFVyshk2csnBXYCxvsG9gNdbez6YVr_gqqwmXhSNt0k5upHkV4tAGm1JKkCqcLyBdKBcgfkuvNvIARXfG1_setZtg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50px;\" height=\"66px;\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn&#8217;t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like his teaching but whether or not he rose from the dead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/847789.Timothy_Keller\">Timothy Keller<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/work\/quotes\/2306323\">The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe resurrection completes the inauguration of God&#8217;s kingdom. . . . It is the decisive event demonstrating thet God&#8217;s kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/bzGVSMy-AzpOLnww_BfnltICg6d4IX9YSCIjIl--D55ObQKXKAsDyL3RjAkkwchc1GYGrQpHjdVjyL7TWKwgQ6FIem8WO3InUwfl3OJHV3jLwv-bSoo\" alt=\"\" width=\"50px;\" height=\"66px;\" \/><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;The message of Easter is that God&#8217;s new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you&#8217;re now invited to belong to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u2015 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/38932.N_T_Wright\">N.T. Wright<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2966.Dennis_Hopper\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/photo.goodreads.com\/authors\/1275231013p2\/2966.jpg\" alt=\"Dennis Hopper\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u201cIn a world where the dead have returned to life, the word&#8221; trouble&#8217; loses much of its meaning.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\u2015\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/2966.Dennis_Hopper\">Dennis Hopper<\/a><\/div>\n<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0;float:none;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/christcommunitychurch.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/03\/resurrection-quotes\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"25\" show_faces=\"true\" font=\"arial\" action=\"recommend\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIf Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all that he said; if he didn&#8217;t rise from the dead, then why worry about any of what he said? 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