The Resurrection

Encounter Church Henley Welcomes Pastor: Tex Horner Did you know that the last execution by guillotine in France happened in the same year that Star Wars: A New Hopepremiered in theaters? 1977. It’s a fact that seems impossible—the futuristic collision of a space epic and a medieval method of execution. As Mark Twain famously said, "Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction is obliged to stick to possibility and the truth isn’t." In this high-energy Easter message, Pastor Tex Horner uses mind-bending history and a bit of "chocolate-throwing trivia" to explore the most unbelievable truth of all: the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. In This Episode, We Explore: The "Nonsense" of the Truth: Why the first report of the empty tomb sounded like total nonsense to the disciples, and why even Peter left the tomb feeling more confused than comforted. The Validity of the Witness: A look at why the Gospel writers chose a group of women—who were legally disqualified from giving testimony in the ancient world—to be the primary witnesses. If you were making this story up for power or control, you’d leave that part out. The fact that it’s there is proof of its truth. The Problem with "Comfortable Lies": How we often trade inconvenient truths for comfortable lies—the lie that we are unloved, irredeemable, or that our past defines our future. A New Story Begins: Why the resurrection isn't just a happy ending to an old story, but the explosive beginning of a brand-new one where victory over death is a historical reality. "Jesus didn’t come here to protect comfortable lies. Jesus came to reveal heavenly, world-changing, soul-altering truth." — Tex Horner