Easter Creates Compelling Dividing Lines

The story of Christ's resurrection just doesn't let you waffle around the issues. Either it's true, or not. There's no reasonable middle ground. In fact, I believe God made certain that the "middle of the road" had no substance.

Years ago now a roommate gave me a little New Testament and challenged me to read it. "You have to answer two questions:
1. Who is Jesus?
2. What will you do about that?"

Middle grounders had better avoid the second question altogether.

I think a lot of criticism of Christianity by those who have some reasonable knowledge of the biblical account comes because people don't want to change. The resurrection story demands that you and I change; we can't ever be comfortable in "sin management" strategies again. So for many critics, it's much easier to spew venom than deal with their personal need for transformation.