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Welcome to Every Thought Captive, I’m Phil Steiger.

Have you ever wondered what doctrines in the Christian faith are absolutely essential?  One of those is nearly upon us as we approach the Easter season.  At Easter we recognize one of the central truths of the Christian faith-that Christ rose from the dead.

It may seem to some that a physical resurrection is fantastical and should be either ignored or pushed to the shadows if we are to be taken seriously in a modern world.  But the apostle Paul saw it differently.  According to him, if Christ did not actually rise from the dead, he and the rest of the apostles are all liars and our faith is empty.  We cannot, according to Paul, have a serious Christian faith without the resurrection of Christ.

But if Christ did rise from the dead, there is a hope to be found in Him that is absent literally everywhere else-there is the hope of life eternal for each and every one of us.

This has been Every Thought Captive.  I’m Phil Steiger, pastor of Quail Lake Community Church, and Director of Dayspring Center for Christian Studies.  For more information please visit everythoughtcaptive.org.