Years ago a strange ad appeared in a newspaper’s classified section. It was an ad for a USED TOMBSTONE. The ad read like this: “Used tombstone for sale. Real bargain to someone named Homer Jones. For more information please call . . .” and a number was listed. A used tombstone? I guess the deceased no longer needed it. A resurrection, perhaps?

Dr. E. Stanley Jones, the famous missionary, once told about a layman who was called upon to conduct a funeral service. Being an exact man, he wanted to do it right. So he turned to the Gospels to see how Jesus conducted a funeral. And he found that Jesus didn’t conduct funerals at all. He only performed resurrections. Not one person died in his presence. He came upon those who were already dead and resurrected them and gave them new life. (1)

Some…