{"id":10423,"date":"2022-04-11T08:13:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=10423"},"modified":"2022-04-11T08:13:09","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T12:13:09","slug":"aliveisstillalive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2022\/04\/aliveisstillalive\/","title":{"rendered":"Alive is Still Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2022 THEME: For Such a Time. . .<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Series: Truth Decay<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE: Alive is Still Alive<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture: 1 Cor.15: 50-58<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SERIOUSLY? HE ROSE? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Most recent survey: 66% say they believe the biblical accounts of the physical resurrection of Jesus are completely accurate, 20% disagree, 14% not sure.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">One thing very good atheists and very good Christians have in common: the central issue for these diametrically opposed groups is the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>resurrection of Jesus Christ<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Arguments against the resurrection:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>swoon<\/strong><\/span>) theory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>fraud<\/strong><\/span>) theory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>wrong tomb<\/strong><\/span>) theory.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>dogs ate it<\/strong><\/span>) theory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SERIOUSLY. HE ROSE! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">If you and I are to have any hope for the future, it must rest in the truth that Jesus rose from the dead.\u00a0 {See 1 Cor. 14, 17, and 19}<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The resurrection is a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>crucial belief<\/strong><\/span>) of the church.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">One of the major themes of the NT is (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>eternal life for the Christ-follower<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: Series:\u00a0 \u201cTruth Decay\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Title: Eternity is Still Eternity- Mt. 7: 24-27<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2022 THEME: For Such a Time. . . Series: Truth Decay TITLE: Alive is Still Alive Scripture: 1 Cor.15: 50-58 &nbsp; \u00a0I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 SERIOUSLY? HE ROSE? \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; Most recent survey: 66% say they believe the biblical accounts of the physical resurrection of Jesus are completely accurate, 20% disagree, 14% not sure. 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