Sanctified by the Cross

Why is Easter Sunday the biggest day on a church calendar? Why is the celebration of Easter so important?   I speak not of bunnies of chocolate or imagination, or eggs of plastic found. I talk about the celebration of the resurrection. Asked another way, what if that first Easter Sunday never happened? Jesus Christ would not have been raised from the dead. This Easter, consider what our faith would be without the resurrection to see the importance of the resurrected Christ. 14  If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. 15  We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised. 16  For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. 17  And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. 18  Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perishe...