Hear these powerful words of Erasmus.How much more wonderful the work of redemption is, in comparison with creation. It is more marvelous that God was made man than that He created the angels; that He wailed in a stable than that He reigns in the heavens. The creation of the world was a work of power, but the redemption of the world was a work of mercy.1

So we gather on this glorious Easter morning to celebrate God's wonderful work of mercy.

As we celebrate Easter today, we seek to make it a celebration that is relevant and meaningful for us on a personal level. In order to do that we need to be able to ask three questions about the Easter events recorded in the New Testament. First, "What happened on that first Easter morning?" Second, "What is the message of those events as they are record…