Celebration Center

If you think Jesus was a great leader and teacher, but find it hard to believe in his resurrection, you’re in good company. Even his disciples were skeptical. Nevertheless, those same followers were the ones who would later become the spokesmen of a new movement: the church. They would maintain faith in the midst of incredible suffering, even to the point of martyrdom. So what can we learn from this defining event—the one that became the foundation of their faith . . . and of ours?