I wrote this book because Easter is supposed to announce life, yet many people enter the season carrying pressure, grief, exhaustion, or fear. Some have been told they must celebrate visibly to prove faith. Others have been taught that participating in familiar customs is compromise. I wanted to recover the risen Christ from both kinds of performance.
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Sacred Time: A Bourne Again Formation Series · Volume 2 of 4 · Catalog 43186
Resurrecting Easter
Death, Resurrection, Hope, and the End of Performance Faith
Resurrecting Easter is a Christ-centered formation book about bodily resurrection, grief, conscience, and freedom from performance faith.
Bourne Again Living Library · Catalog 43186
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Resurrecting Easter is a Christ-centered formation book about bodily resurrection, grief, conscience, and freedom from performance faith. Will Bourne examines the history and pressure surrounding Easter, recovers the Christian confession that Jesus Christ is risen, and offers families and churches practical ways to celebrate without coercion, denial, or contempt.
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