Resurrection post rain

A friend asked me for some readings/ thoughts on the resurrection and easter. I realized I have lots of good stuff. I am going to rain it down on you over the next few weeks.

Starting........now

As a merely historical person he would
long have been forgotten, because his message had already been
contradicted by his death on the cross. As a person at the heart
of an eschatological faith and proclamation, on the other hand, he
becomes a mystery and a question for every new age. of the resurrection of the dead',
Jurgen Moltmann The Crucified God
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