Changed By God To Make A Difference For God

So what's the point of the resurrection? That God is capable of some pretty strange one off things while ignoring the rest of the world? Is it to give us an excuse to look down at our noses at non-Christians? Or is there something deeper going on in the resurrection narratives? And what about Jesus' strange command to forgive and retain sins, not to mention him breathing on people? What's that all about? Check out what Fr. Maney has to say about it all and see what you think. Lectionary texts for today are Acts 5.27-32; Psalm 150; Revelation 1.4-8; John 20.19-31.