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Article: Empty tomb, empty talk.(Easter sermon and Christian philosophy)(Brief Article)
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- The Christian Century
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- April 4, 2001
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Easter Sunday, April 15 Luke 24:1-12
ON A SUNDAY MORNING in a certain city church, the Gospel lesson had been read and the minister was about to begin the sermon. Suddenly a stranger seated in the balcony stood up and interrupted the service. "I have a word from the Lord!" he shouted. Heads whipped around, and ushers bounded up the balcony stairs like gazelles. They managed to escort the man into the street before he could elaborate further on just what "word" he had been given.
Week after week, preachers in countless pulpits stand up and say, in effect, the same thing as the man in the balcony: "I have a word from the Lord!" But no alarms sound, no one ...