How To Celebrate a Colorful Easter and the Beauty of God’s Kingdom with Esau McCaulley

What if the power and hope of Easter could transform your family’s faith and purpose, uniting you around the message of Jesus’ resurrection?On this special Easter episode of the Collide Kids Podcast, host Christen Clark welcomes Dr. Esau McCaulley—pastor, professor, and author of “God’s Colorful Kingdom” and “God’s Colorful Easter.” Dive into a dynamic conversation about Christian parenting, raising Christian kids, and how to cultivate joy, discipleship, and spiritual growth through family time and the diverse beauty of God’s story.[00:03:32] Esau McCaulley’s journey as a pastor, professor, dad[00:06:52] Why writing for kids matters[00:08:03] Diversity in God’s colorful kingdom[00:10:09] The meaning of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and why the hope of the resurrection is the heartbeat of discipleship at homeResources:esaumccaulley.comBooks: God’s Colorful Easter & God's Colorful Kingdom Storybook BibleWebsite: collidekidspodcast.comInstagram: @collidekidspodClip Finder:Viral Topic: How COVID Changed My Writing Journey: "Normally I write, like, you know, academic books, but during COVID it was so stressful, and there's. We had kids at home and all of these other things, and I really didn't feel in the mood to write a Big technical, academic book."— Esau McCaulley [00:06:56 → 00:07:10]The Meaning of Maundy Thursday and the Love Command: "So on Thursday, we remember the love command, the command that we have to love one another."— Esau McCaulley [00:11:03 → 00:11:07]Living With Hope Amid Sadness: "We live in a world that is sad and broken, and we sometimes feel the weight of that sadness, but we never weep as those who without hope, because we trust in the Savior who has come to rescue us."— Esau McCaulley [00:12:32 → 00:12:42]Viral Gospel Connections: "So when God, when Mark was written, Mark was saying, hey, if you don't believe this version of the story, go ask Rufus and Alexander. They're in the church."— Esau McCaulley [00:18:45 → 00:18:54]Viral Topic: Surprising Clues About Simon of Cyrene's Family Background: "Yeah, Simon, Rufus and Alexander are Greek names, right? So that probably means that Simon at some point became a Roman citizen and he gave his kids names that were Greek. It probably also means that maybe Simon's wife would have been a Gentile, and that Simon, who's married to a Gentile woman, eventually."— Esau McCaulley [00:19:13 → 00:19:36]Viral Topic: The Mysterious Journey of Simon of Cyrene  "It's possible that Simon of Cyrene, who's from Northern Africa, who comes to Jerusalem, who is Jewish, who gets converted to Christianity, possibly to a Gentile woman, then has two Gentile sons who become Christians, who are all in the early church."— Esau McCaulley [00:19:50 → 00:20:07]Viral Topic: The Universal Message of the Cross  "It's not just the diversity of what the story of Easter contains. It's what it does. Like on the cross, right? It says in three languages, the King of the Jews, right? And all of the gospel writers make a point of saying it's in three languages. So no matter where you're from, you can see on the cross."— Esau McCaulley [00:21:03 → 00:21:23] Bark proactively works to monitor, detect, and alert you to potential issues on your kids' devices. Visit bark.us to learn more about how you can keep your kids safe online. Use the code COLLIDEKIDS to get 15% off Your Bark Technologies Plan !Support the show