Lance Waldie

Life is unfair and nothing in this world makes sense. At least that's the way it looks without a biblical perspective. See what the wise teacher in Ecclesiastes has to say about it all, and learn to enjoy God's gifts as God intended. "Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward" (Eccles. 5:18). So fear God, keep His commandments, and enjoy your life!

Easter is the story of Jesus Christ of Nazareth's last week on earth. This Passion Week, as it is called, recounts Jesus coming into Jerusalem on Monday with the praise of the people and dying on Friday with the insults of the people. Early on Sunday morning, however, Jesus came out of the tomb where His body had been placed, and He revealed Himself over the next 40 days to literally hundreds of people. Not everyone who saw Him believed, but those who were chosen to believe did. And they went out into the world and spread the good news of salvation. That message has spread for almost 2000 years now, and for Christians it is the most important news ever reported. Those who believe the story from the eyewitness accounts and who submit to Jesus Christ as Lord have eternal life promised to them by God. The God who became flesh, who lived our lives and died our deaths, has guaranteed us eternal life through faith in this Christ.