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It appears Delaware just passed a law that would essentially criminalize parents who spank their children.  So I have to ask, "What is more harmful to children: a well-deserved swat on the behind from loving parents, or the "authorities" depriving those same children of the emotional and financial support of their loving mothers and fathers for as long as two years, simply because they cared enough to correct them?"  Children are already protected from "legitimate abuse," so in my opinion... Click here to read more about this new Law.

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Introduction

The defining issue of Christianity is the question, “Did Jesus Christ rise from the grave?” In essence, was the Resurrection of Jesus an actual bodily resurrection or merely a spiritual manifestation of some sort? Since the day Jesus rose from the dead, detractors have tried to deny the reality of His Resurrection because, as stated in Romans 1:4, a genuine resurrection proves His deity. The Christian needs to be fully persuaded that the Resurrection was a real event, and believers must be able to defend that truth because salvation itself depends upon the reality of the Lord physically rising from the dead. Indeed, according to Romans 10:9, belief in the Resurrection of Jesus is necessary for salvation.

First, we need to distinguish between Christ’s Resurrection and all other resurrections recorded in the Bible. When others were raised from the dead, the miracle was performed by a prophet or by Jesus through the power of God. Furthermore, those raised would again die someday, so it may be best to identify these miracles as resuscitations to distinguish them from Christ’s Resurrection. Jesus rose from the grave through His own power, according to John 10:18, and He rose never to die again.

The Resurrection reveals that God placed His “seal of approval” on Jesus and His work. Jesus claimed to be God (John 8:58, 10:30) and predicted that He would rise from the dead (John 2:19). If He were a false teacher, and God still raised Him from the dead, then God would have given credibility to a liar. Since God cannot lie (Hebrews 6:18), He would not do this. The Resurrection shows that God was in complete agreement with Christ’s message.

The Resurrection not only proves that Jesus is truly God but also guarantees that He, as the last Adam, has successfully paid the price of sin for the descendants of the first Adam. Paul clearly reveals the essential connection between Christ’s Resurrection and our salvation in 1 Corinthians 15:17–18. “And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.” Thus, without a real physical resurrection, we have no hope. We are still dead in our trespasses. Further, Paul tells us that without Christ rising physically, we have no reason to live for anything other than ourselves: “If the dead do not rise, ‘Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!’” (1 Corinthians 15:32).

The relationship of the Resurrection to our salvation is further explained in Romans 4:25 where Paul tells us that Jesus died for our sins and was raised for our justification. In other words, Christ’s sacrifice for our sins was sufficient, and the fact that He rose from the dead proves He has the power to save us from death and eternal damnation. The Son of God put on human flesh and blood so that He could shed that blood as a sacrifice for our sins. His death and Resurrection had to be literal physical events in order for Him to ensure that we, as physical beings, can be saved from the penalty for sin.

So is there a way we can really know that Christ rose from the dead? How can we assess the claim that someone was dead for three days and then was raised back to life? After all, as Christians we cannot claim that resurrections are common in our present everyday experience. How can we know that it happened in the past? As with all historical events, we must rely upon eyewitness testimony. With Creation, the only eyewitness was God, and He has provided His eyewitness account in Genesis. With Christ’s Resurrection, God made sure there were a number of eyewitnesses whose testimonies were recorded in the New Testament. Even before the testimonies of these people were written down, the news of the Resurrection spread like wildfire and turned the world upside down. As we prepare to give an answer for the hope that is in us (1 Peter 3:15), we need to carefully analyze the accounts of those who attested to the Resurrection. Those accounts include the testimonies of both Christians and non-Christians, recorded in the Bible and even in the writings of first century secular historians.

Historical Sources (Continue Reading on Answers in Genesis)

Here is a list reported by Focus on the Family of this week's pro-life legislative advances:

Florida--The Legislature is considering a bill that would provide a woman with an ultrasound and information about her preborn baby before an abortion. The state is also considering a ballot measure that would prohibit public funding of abortion in health care, and legislation to restrict late-term abortions and strengthen parental consent laws. Gov. Rick Scott is strongly pro-life and we expect him to sign these bills into law if they make it to his desk.

Idaho--Idaho's Legislature has passed several life-protecting bills including: the Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act; a bill that would ban physician-assisted suicide; and another that would restrict taxpayer funding of abortion. These bills are now on Gov. "Butch" Otter's desk for signature and we believe he will sign them into law.

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