Risen: 50 Reasons Why the Resurrection Changed Everything
144Risen: 50 Reasons Why the Resurrection Changed Everything
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ISBN-13: | 9780801015144 |
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Publisher: | Baker Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 01/15/2013 |
Pages: | 144 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d) |
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Table of Contents
Foreword Craig L. Blomberg 9
Introduction 11
1 To Give Us Eternal Life (John 11:25-27) 15
2 To Show His Power over Death (Acts 2:24; Romans 6:9) 17
3 To Heal Us (Acts 4:10) 19
4 To Receive the Blessings Promised to David (Acts 13:34) 21
5 To Forgive Our Sins (Acts 13:37-38; 1 Corinthians 15:17) 23
6 To Elevate His Power and Authority (Romans 1:4) 25
7 To Justify Sinners (Romans 4:23-25; Acts 13:39) 27
8 To Give Us a New Way to Live (Romans 6:4, 8-11) 29
9 To Unite Us with Him in His Resurrection (Romans 6:5-8) 31
10 To Make Us Fruitful (Romans 7:4) 33
11 To Give Life to Our Mortal Bodies (Romans 8:11) 35
12 To End Our Obligation to the Flesh (Romans 8:12-13) 37
13 To Provide Us with Future Glory (Romans 8:18) 39
14 To Set Creation Free from Its Bondage (Romans 8:21-22) 41
15 To Adopt Us into God's Family (Romans 8:23) 43
16 To Intercede for Us at God's Right Hand (Romans 8:34; Hebrews 7:23-25) 45
17 To Fulfill the Scriptures (1 Corinthians 15:4; Luke 24:44-47) 47
18 To Make Our Faith and Preaching Worthwhile (1 Corinthians 15:14-15) 49
19 To Guarantee Our Future Resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:20-23; 1 Thessalonians 4:14) 51
20 To Destroy All Other Powers through His Reign (1 Corinthians 15:24-27) 53
21 To Destroy the Enemy of Death (1 Corinthians 15:26, 54-57; Luke 20:36) 55
22 To Give Us a Reason to Endanger Our Lives (1 Corinthians 15:30-31) 57
23 To Deliver Us from Self-indulgence (1 Corinthians 15:32) 59
24 To Give Us Heavenly Imperishable Bodies (1 Corinthians 15:42-48) 61
25 To Clothe Us with His Image (1 Corinthians 15:49) 63
26 To Give Us Immortality (1 Corinthians 15:53) 65
27 To Overcome the Power of the Law (1 Corinthians 15:56-57) 67
28 To Make Serving the Lord Worthwhile (1 Corinthians 15:58) 69
29 To Give Us Hope in Hard Times (2 Corinthians 1:8-11) 71
30 To Give Us a Greater Purpose in Life (2 Corinthians 5:15) 73
31 To Let Us Experience God's Mighty Power (Ephesians 1:18-20) 75
32 To Display God's Amazing Grace (Ephesians 2:6-7) 77
33 To Bring Victory into Our Intimacy with Him (Philippians 3:10-11) 79
34 To Make Us Full in Him (Colossians 2:9-12) 81
35 To Reorient Our Desires f Colossians 3:1-2) 83
36 To Let Us Appear with Him in Glory (Colossians 3:4; Acts 1:11) 85
37 To Enable Us to Kill Our Old Way of Life (Colossians 3:5-10) 87
38 To Rescue Us from Coming Wrath (1 Thessalonians 1:10) 89
39 To Serve as Our Eternal Shepherd (Hebrews 13:20; Revelation 7:17) 91
40 To Give Us New Birth into a Living Hope (1 Peter 1:3; Acts 23:6; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14) 93
41 To Glorify the Lamb of God (1 Peter 1:18-21; Acts 3:13-15) 96
42 To Show That Death Does Not Stop Us from Living (Matthew 22:30-32; Romans 14:9) 98
43 To Confirm His Words about Being Raised to Life (Matthew 28:5-7) 100
44 To Continue the Mission of God (Matthew 28:18-20) 103
45 To Share His Presence with His Followers until His Return (Matthew 28:20) 105
46 To Teach More about the Kingdom of God (Acts 1:3) 107
47 To Prove God's Commitment to Justice (Acts 17:31) 109
48 To Make Possible the Judgment of the Wicked (John 5:28-30; Acts 24:15; Revelation 20:11-15) 111
49 To Give Him Complete Supremacy (Colossians 1:18; Revelation 1:4-5) 113
50 To Provide Life in the Unfiltered Presence of God (Revelation 21:3-4,22; 22:1) 115
Conclusion: A Final Question and a Tremendous Story 117
For Further Reading 121
An Eight-Week Small Group Bible Study 123
Acknowledgments 131
Notes 135