He Is Risen Indeed!

Christ the Lord is risen today, conquering death, and giving us hope for a life beyond the grave. Hallelujah!

The poet and Minister of the Gospel, Charles Wesley has written:

“Christ, the Lord, is risen today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth, reply, Alleluia!

Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Lo! the Sun’s eclipse is over, Alleluia!
Lo! He sets in blood no more, Alleluia!

Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Alleluia!
Christ hath burst the gates of hell, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids His rise, Alleluia!
Christ hath opened paradise, Alleluia!

Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once He died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!

Soar we now where Christ hath led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like Him, like Him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Hail, the Lord of earth and heaven, Alleluia!
Praise to Thee by both be given, Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!
Hail, the resurrection day, Alleluia!

King of glory, Soul of bliss, Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!
Thee to know, Thy power to prove, Alleluia!
Thus to sing and thus to love, Alleluia!”

Red State Rant has a great article on the waning hours of Terri Schiavo’s life, asking the question, Moving On? His final statement says it all, “Some of us will move on. But not all.”

Powerline, has the complete roundup on Terri Schiavo in an article entitled, Conduct unbecoming, that is well worth reading.

Tetelestai, is a transliteration of the Greek word used by Jesus as he hung on the cross dying. “It is finished” (John 19:30 ASV), and the same word used in verse 28, “all things were now accomplished,” are some of the most wonderful words ever composed in human language. Past perfect indicative is the form of the Greek verb above, which according to Kenneth Wuest, refers to “His work of procuring for lost sinners a salvation from sin through the blood of His Cross. The entire sense is, ‘It was finished and as a result it is forever done.”

In the grand splendor of God’s great plan for mankind, there are much larger implications in that one simple word tetelastai. The wheels had been set in motion to finally crush the serpent’s head from so long ago in the garden of Eden. From this point forward in all of human (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

Red State Rant, writes today concerning Terry’s fight and the cost of the battle. In the course of the article, there is a reflection on the effects of this struggle between the left and the right on the issue of life.

The writer indicates the right may have gallantly fought the battle, but may have lost the war. The only argument concerning the right possibly losing the war, is the agreement with the statement made by Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday,

“Several voices have been raised against the action of the president and the Congress, and bogus opinion polls circulated. Fine. Anyone who wants to run for office on the basis of that position is welcome to do so.”

The article’s last sentence makes the whole point, as quoted below.

“Then again, maybe as a wise sage (Hoss) told me, this isnt so much about saving Terry or the unborn but saving a judiciary that has failed us all.”

Red State, offers a A RedState Public Service Message today, written by Erick, that offers some very good advice. In his article he has some links for a Living Will, and a Durable Health Care Power of Attorney in the State of Georgia. The article is well worth your time to read. Here is just an excerpt:

“I have done many living wills for doctors and all of them direct through their living wills that, should they be in a vegetative state, they want food withheld, but never water. All have told me that you’ll die without food, but withholding water, as is being done in the Schiavo case, is gruesome to see.”

For those wanting to use the links to documents for Georgia, click on the title above. Included here is a link to a Durable Health Care Power of Attorney for the State of Missouri.

It is everyone’s plan to make some arrangement for their future, but few follow through on the plan.

Unfortunately, the same is true of the plan for where to spend eternity.

What has our society come to? What has our judiciary come to?

These questions will haunt many for some time to come. We have found three different posts that provide further information on the Terri Schiavo case that is captivating the nation.

Hugh Hewitt, has written 2 posts on this issue. The first entitiled, Endangered Vegetables Get More Protections Than Terri Schiavo. Excerpts are here:

“On such category of special cases is the case where harm is alleged to be imminent to an endangered plant or animal, like the Riverside Fairy Shrimp, the Delhi Sands Flower-loving fly, the Stephens Kangaroo rat, or, yes, Munz’s Onion –a genuine vegetable as opposed to the horrific term that has been thrown around in this case.”

Mr. Hewitt’s second post entitled, In the Spirit of Pontius Pilate: Congress and the President be Damned, Terri gets (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)