4-5-26 Earth-Shaking Love (Easter Sunday)

About this episode

The episode discusses the significance of the earthquake at Jesus' tomb and the transformative power of sharing the good news in community.

Text: Matthew 20:1-10 When the women went to see Jesus’ tomb early on that first Easter morning, we read that “suddenly there was a great earthquake.” Not surprisingly, in the ancient world earthquakes were associated with divine action. God had certainly acted! It was the most important event in history. Where death had reigned, now there is new life! It seems we could use some earth-shaking today. Jesus points these early disciples to the place of divine action now: sharing the good news of Jesus in community. That may not seem earth-shaking, but the message of Jesus has the power to shake open the human heart - and even to shake our world.

People in this episode

Host: Matthew

Topics covered

• Easter
• resurrection
• divine action
• community
• good news

Keywords

• Matthew 20:1-10
• earthquake
• new life
• Jesus
• disciples

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