Theme: Through Christ's resurrection we are raised to newness of life.

COMMENTARY

Lesson 1: Acts 10:34-43 (C, RC, E)
Peter witnesses to the Roman officer Cornelius and his household concerning Jesus' earthly ministry, his crucifixion and especially his resurrection. Luke, the author of Acts, points to the Holy Spirit as the source of Jesus' power. The disciples of Jesus, those who communed with Christ, are witnesses to the resurrection. They are to proclaim that Jesus is the judge of the living and the dead. Those who believe in the risen Christ receive forgiveness in Christ's name.

Lesson 2: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (C)
Against a background where some Christians were beginning to question the reality of the resurrection, Paul restates the essentials of the gospel, that which was of grea…