All They Can See Is Weather

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So at the center of everything is preaching the resurrection, the sign of Jonah. Because that takes courage too. If Jesus rose from the dead, then it becomes possible to see our own hearts for what they are -- craven and cowardly, and to be given new hearts full of boldness. If Jesus rose from the dead, then the Peter who denied Him three times can -- a few weeks later and just a few blocks away -- preach a message that delivered defiance to the world and all its ways. If Jesus rose from the dead, in this world, then this world is already being transformed into a new world. Now, someone might warn us, this world doesn't like that idea very much. And all God's people shrugged and smiled. We didn't think they would.