The world is filled with religions. Across the globe in many regions and places, people are led to seek God through religious rites, ceremonies and practices in the hope of appeasing and pleasing God. Easter, however, is the glorious moment when God proved his love for all the world by emerging from the tomb. It is the day of resurrection in which God offers to everyone the chance to experience life with him through faith. The empty tomb is the promise that each person can have a relationship with the living Lord of life who conquered death and forgave our sins. The faith of Easter is a relationship with God, not a religion.

Over the decades, the empty tomb has been attacked by critics and skeptics. Many theories have been expressed, such as those seen in recent books like The DaVinci Code and others, that either Jesus never died or that the body of Jesus was secretly removed. These attacks have argued that the resurrection never happened, the tomb was not empty and that the claims of Christians are nothing more than a hoax on the world.

Yet the promise of a relationship with God through the forgiveness offered to us in Jesus Christ proves that the tomb was empty. Jesus walked the hill of Calvary and willingly was nailed to the cross for the sins of the world in order that our lives and the world might be redeemed. He breathed his last breath on the day we surprisingly call Good Friday knowing that on Easter morning he would rise from the day and leave the empty tomb to offer us life as it is meant to be lived.

Worship with us this Easter as we celebrate the relationship that we have with the living God. Our services are at 9:00, 10:10 and 11:15. Happy Easter! He is risen!