For some reason Christmas has ended up trumping Easter as the big Christian festival, I assume it's due to the present giving nature of it and the way the world of advertising works. But if you know the basics of how the Christian faith works you'd hopefully realise that it's the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday which more than anything else defines what we believe. Jesus took on all our sins, so that we can go to him for full forgiveness when we recognise our shortcomings, and then took them to the cross as the ultimate sacrifice. Ergo, He died for our sins.
It's because of that event we can be fully restored and be right with God. Jesus' death gives us full freedom from sin – a deeply liberating experience for any Christian who fully realises the consequence of this.
Of course that's only half of the story. Jesus overcoming death gives us the most obvious demonstration that He has power over life and death, and as such has the ability to give people eternal life. Paul goes into more detail on this in Corinthians.
I used to quite regularly visit a social networking site called UK Christians. It was a good way to promote my show on Cross Rhythms as well as to talk about various bits and bobs with other people. I hardly touch it now but I quite liked the below link which went up on Friday and is equally apt for today:
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