Jesus Doesn’t Keep You From Dying | John 11:1-45 with Dr. Chris Croghan

About this episode

This episode explores the story of Jesus at Bethany, emphasizing his mission to conquer death and bring new life.

In this episode we walk into the tomb at Bethany and confront a story people often soften into empathy, when it’s really a preview of why Jesus came—to conquer death itself. As Martha and Mary hope Jesus might have prevented death, he instead declares, “I am the resurrection and the life,” revealing that his mission isn’t to keep us from dying but to bring new life through it. We see that Christ’s Word does what no human effort can: it calls the dead out of the grave and authors a new identit...

People in this episode

Guest: Dr Chris Croghan

Topics covered

• death
• resurrection
• faith
• identity

Keywords

• Bethany
• Martha
• Mary
• Jesus
• new life

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: John 11:1-

Places: Bethany

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