The stories of Kate Bushnell, Edgar Murphy and Jessie Daniel Ames can be found in Good News About Injustice: A Witness of Courage in a Hurting World by Gary A. Haugen (Inter Varsity Press, 1999). The account of the heroism at Le Chambon is told in Lest Innocent Blood Be Shed by Philip Hallie (see the “I Recommend” page).

The day after this sermon I ran across a quote the expresses the intent of the message. It comes from the founder of my denomination.

“He can only come and give us the richest blessings of transformation and strength and power by allowing us to come into difficult places, even so difficult that we stretch our hands to Him and He can thus come in. Thus we meet the things He permits, welcome them, use them, climb up by them, make them so many ladders to the heights of God.” 

                                                                        — Phineas Bresee

Easter Sunday from Taylor Keating on Vimeo.

This was produced by Taylor Keating and was used at Westwinds Community Church in Jackson, Michigan. I was honored that my friend, Dr. David McDonald, invited me to share in this teaching.

Some thoughts on the raising of Lazarus.

I heard Michael Gungor sing "A Song for My Family" at a concert in Grand Rapids just a few days after I gave this message. Give it a listen. The first verse speaks to the issue I referenced from 1 Corinthians 5:12