Death is inevitable. It even comes for the closest friends of Jesus. The way, however, Jesus talks about death and deals with death gives us hope in the face of the death we see all around us. Join us this Sunday as we tackle the newest taboo of our society—death—in the first of a two-week exploration of John 11, the death and resurrection of Lazarus.
The New Year is a great time to revisit the story of Jesus, because our hope for the future is only as secure as our grounding in the person and work of Christ for us. Even though this Gospel isn’t about us, it is for us—Jesus is the Word who is life, and that life is the light of all men. No matter what future you are staring down this New Year, I want you to have the unshakable confidence that the Word which spoke life into being holds your life in his hands and the darkness will not overcome it.
