believin'

Another quote from this book? Yep. Cause it's stinkin' awesome.

"If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said; if he didn't rise from the dead then why worry about any of what he said? The issue on which everything hangs is not whether or not you like His teaching but whether or not He rose from the dead. That is how the first hearers felt who heard reports of the resurrection. They knew that if it was true it meant we can't live our lives any way we want. It also meant we don't have to be afraid of anything, not Roman swords, not cancer, nothing. If Jesus rose from the dead, everything changes."