Scripture Readings: 1 Peter 1:17-23 Luke 24:13-35 Worship Online: youtube.com/c/fpclafayette I wonder how many of you are as tired of talking about COVID 19 as I am. I suppose we could just ignore it all and talk about Jesus, but the problem is that Jesus doesn’t live in denial of our troubles. He’s right there, walking with us, even when we walk away. That’s what the two disciples were doing. They had heard the testimony of the women. Peter had gone to check it out, and to his horror, the body of Jesus was gone. Only strips of cloth remained where his body had been. It didn’t matter that there were multiple women sharing the same truth. The disciples still rejected their story as a delusional fantasy of someone overwhelmed by grief. They did not know who had taken the body or where he was, but they weren’t going to stick around and find out either. It was over. Jesus was dead and the dream of the restoration of Israel was over. That was their reality, and they could not s...
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