Emphasis Preaching Journal

Thomas needed to see evidence of Jesus' crucifixion in order to believe that Jesus had risen from the dead. But what about us? You and I can't see the wounds in Christ's hands and side in order to see and believe in the risen Christ. So what are we to do? Luther taught that we are to be like Christ to each other. We can't show the marks of the crucifixion, but we can talk about the pain in our lives in an effort to show how our risen Lord and Savior walks beside us. As I was struggling to write those words that you just read, the telephone rang. It was my mother.