Episode Transcript
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This is not the best of times in the life of the planet
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or in the life of the human family.
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Wherever we look there seems to be trouble.
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To the point where it's tempting to say,
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"Let's cancel Easter this year."
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Because hope in such a hopeless situation
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seems to be no more than an empty word.
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But in such a troubled moment,
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it becomes more important than ever
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for us to look to the truth of Easter.
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But no matter how troubled
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our life may be
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or how troubled the planet may be,
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that there is a hope that is grounded in the fact
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the Jesus, who dies on the cross on Calvary,
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which gathers up all the hopelessness of the world.
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The Jesus who dies is laid in the tomb
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and is raised from the dead.
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And therefore there is a hope that nothing and no one can destroy,
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it cannot be killed.
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And that's why Easter in a moment like this which seems hopeless,
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in fact proclaims the hope which is our life.
