{"id":303421,"date":"2015-03-16T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/the-miracle-of-easter\/"},"modified":"2015-03-16T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T15:00:00","slug":"the-miracle-of-easter","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/the-miracle-of-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Miracle of Easter"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Easter is one of the most holy and profound holidays in the Christian calendar, it&#8217;s largely ignored by the culture. 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We\u2019re going to all need to, not only give forgiveness, but to be granted forgiveness. The more families can talk about forgiveness, the more it becomes something that they understand \/ they can grasp\u2014they know how to practice it \/ they know what it looks like.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> This is <em>FamilyLife Today <\/em>for Monday, March 16<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to focus today on how you can make the Easter season a more special and more meaningful season at your house. Stay tuned.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> Thanks for joining us on the Monday edition. You know, if this was the couple of weeks leading up to Christmas, we would all be <em>very aware<\/em> that Christmas was just around the corner. You couldn\u2019t go anywhere without knowing that it\u2019s Christmas time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> The culture celebrates it\u2014in fact, overdoes the giving aspect of Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But here it is\u2014we\u2019re a few weeks away from Easter, and there is pretty much <em>nothing<\/em> that indicates that to you if you\u2019re out in the shopping mall or if you\u2019re driving in your car. Easter just isn\u2019t talked about\u2014it\u2019s ignored.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It, unfortunately, is\u2014one of the most holy and profound weeks in any person who professes to follow Jesus Christ.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s because of what He did and what Easter represents that we have hope\u2014not only of eternal life\u2014but also a message to bring to our culture. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m going to tell you something, Bob\u2014if I\u2019ve ever sensed a need for us, as adults, and our children to have hope, it\u2019s today\u2014because I think, in a lot of places, followers of Christ are being <em>robbed<\/em> of their hope. We have a special guest with us on today\u2019s broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> In fact, we could say this is your favorite guest; can\u2019t we? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think she\u2019s been my favorite for 42 years and 43 Christmases. We laugh about this all the time. We had a big joke, early in our marriage, about how many Christmases we had celebrated. We always celebrate\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014one more Christmas than anniversary.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, so it\u2019s kind of tricky\u2014anyway, 43 Christmases \/ 42 years of marriage. Welcome to the broadcast, Sweetheart.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thanks. Glad to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You need to be counting how many Easters you\u2019ve celebrated because that\u2019s what we\u2019re talking about here; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s what we\u2019re talking about\u2014that\u2019s right. Yes, instead of Christmases\u2014you\u2019re right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And you\u2019re very aware of the fact that this is a culturally-ignored holiday. As a result, a lot of Christians don\u2019t even think about Easter until it is like: \u201cOh, this Sunday, it\u2019s Easter!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Oh, yes\u2014like \u201c\u2026tomorrow.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No, Christians are not thinking about it. Part of it is because we\u2019re so used to being surrounded by everything that reminds us of Christmas during the month of December and, sadly, months before the month of December; but Easter is not like that. We don\u2019t have music that\u2019s playing on the radio, we don\u2019t have decorations that are in every store, and we don\u2019t have lights strung from houses. We don\u2019t have <em>anything<\/em> that calls our attention to the fact that Easter is about to come and that Easter is <em>the most<\/em> important moment in all of history.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You believe that, today, we need to be preparing our homes and our hearts for Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly. We think a lot about advent when it comes to Christmas\u2014and about preparing our hearts to worship and to rejoice at Christmas\u2014but we don\u2019t do much of that for Easter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, there are those who practice Lent\u2014who do some preparing of their hearts for the celebration of Easter\u2014but it\u2019s a much smaller proportion of the general population \/ it\u2019s a very small portion of the Christian population. As a whole, we don\u2019t do much to anticipate or prepare for the celebration of Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEaster should be much more joyous \/ much more almost rambunctious of a celebration than Christmas is because we have so much to rejoice over because of what Christ did for us on the cross.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You didn\u2019t grow up in a church tradition where Lent was a part of your practice; did you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s correct\u2014I did not.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Did you, Bob?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t either\u2014although, in recent years, we\u2019ve made it a part of our family\u2019s personal practice\u2014just for the reason that you mentioned\u2014so that we can begin orienting our thinking \/ something that reminds us, in the weeks leading up to Easter, what it is we\u2019re focusing on as we head toward the celebration of the resurrection. Have you started to engage in any of these Lenten practices yourself?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, we have. Dennis and I have talked about it. In fact, we created something for families to help families focus on preparing their hearts for Easter. We created a resource for families called The Messiah Mystery<em><sup>\u2122<\/sup><\/em><em>, <\/em>which helps families focus on all of the predictions in the Old Testament that foreshadow the coming of Christ and His death on the cross because so much of that is not common knowledge for believers today. It is just a great way to interact with your kids and help them understand why Christ had to come, why He had to suffer, why He had to die, and what all of that means.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Here\u2019s the thing I want our listeners to catch\u2014we are all involved in a relay race\u2014where one generation has been given the truth from God\u2019s Word and the experience of God in their lives\u2014to know Christ, walk with Him, read their Bible\u2014but we have to make a hand-off. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat FamilyLife hopefully does for you, in your marriage\u2014your family \/ your grandchildren\u2014is, hopefully, we\u2019re giving you some practical instruction of how you can take these seasons\/the holidays\u2014and this is Barbara\u2019s heart. Bob, you know it\u2019s her passion\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014is to take these holidays that Christians really haven\u2019t seized. They haven\u2019t grabbed hold of them and said: \u201cNo, our family is really going to get into this. We\u2019re going to make the most of what is,\u201d as you said, \u201csome of the greatest days of the Christian calendar.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know that you, Barbara, have a strong conviction that\u2014just as Christmas is around the theme of giving\u2014we\u2019re missing an opportunity to really focus on and teach our children what something else is\u2014that is all about Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, when you think about Christmas, we all know that it\u2019s about giving. We can\u2019t get away from it. It\u2019s absolutely inescapable. It\u2019s in our faces for over a month\u2014for weeks, and weeks, and weeks\u2014but, when it comes to Easter, we\u2019re kind of confused about what it means. We understand that Jesus died on the cross, but we kind of don\u2019t know what to do with that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs I was thinking about it, I thought, \u201cThe real theme for Easter is the theme of forgiveness.\u201d Easter is all about forgiveness. It\u2019s all about Christ dying on our behalf so that we can have a right relationship with Him so that we can be reconciled to the Father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs we celebrate, at Christmas, the gift\u2014\u201cFor God so loved the world that He <em>gave<\/em> His only begotten Son\u201d\u2014we celebrate giving at Christmas. I think the counterpart for Easter is that we celebrate forgiveness\u2014that we understand forgiveness, that we grow in forgiveness and that we talk about it, that we proclaim that we are a forgiven people. That\u2019s what makes us different \/ that\u2019s what sets us apart. It would just be wonderful to see families begin to focus on teaching forgiveness and practicing forgiveness at Easter like we focus on giving at Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> One of the verses that is most oft repeated, here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, is Ephesians 4:32. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPaul writes, \u201cBe kind to one another.\u201d Am I speaking to any families here who need kindness in their family? You know, when you and I were raising kids, this was one of the big struggles we had\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014was helping them know how to really relate to each other and be kind to one another. Paul goes on and says, \u201cBe kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another just as God in Christ forgave you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat is forgiveness? It is giving up the right to punish another person. Christ modeled it\u2014what did He do? He went to the cross so that we don\u2019t have to bear the punishment that our sins\/our law-breaking result in us deserving; right? But Christ went to the cross to offer forgiveness to us if we will receive Him as our Savior, Master, and Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And when you think about Easter, you have to keep in mind that, in a real sense, God didn\u2019t give up the right to punish us but, instead, He redirected the punishment that we deserve.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> He did just wave it aside and say, \u201cWell, I\u2019ll let bygones be bygones.\u201d He took the punishment that we deserve\u2014He poured it out on His Son\u2014that\u2019s what Good Friday reminds us of. Then, Easter points to the fact that, as a result, we have hope\u2014we have transformation, we have new life\u2014we have hope.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. And I think it\u2019s a great topic for families to talk about because forgiveness is essential\u2014for every marriage, it\u2019s essential for every family, it\u2019s essential for every working relationship\u2014because we\u2019re all broken and we\u2019re all going to make mistakes. We\u2019re going to all need to, not only give forgiveness, but to be granted forgiveness. The more families can talk about forgiveness, the more it becomes something that they understand \/ they can grasp\u2014they know how to practice it \/ they know how to give it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s such a foreign concept to us, in our humanity, because we aren\u2019t naturally good forgivers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe <em>need<\/em> what God has done for us so that we can then do what He did for us and forgive. Talking about it at Easter and learning stories of forgiveness is a great way to help children understand, as they grow up, what it looks like practically: \u201cWhat does it mean? How does that even work?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> During the Christmas season, we have the opportunity to focus on God\u2019s gift to us because everybody is thinking about giving: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cWhat are you going to get for Christmas? What are you giving to somebody else?\u201d At Easter, we don\u2019t have anything like that to bring the issue of forgiveness, front and center, for multiple weeks, leading up to the holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, it\u2019s not as tangible. It\u2019s not something that you can put your hands on. It\u2019s a choice of the heart. I think one of the best ways for moms and dads to help their kids learn about forgiveness\u2014first of all, you have to talk about it and you have to model it. You have to demonstrate it to your kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember, when we were raising our kids, Dennis and I both made a real conscious effort to teach our kids what it meant to forgive. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe would model that to them\u2014so, when I would make mistakes\u2014which I did all the time every day\u2014I remember making a conscious effort of sitting down and saying to them: \"Mommy did this, and it was wrong. I need to ask you to forgive me. Will you forgive me?\u201d\u2014almost in a step-by-step manner.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, when our kids would offend one another, we would say: \u201cNow, you need to say what you did and name it\u2014name what you did that was wrong to your sibling. Then, you need to say, \u2018Will you forgive me?\u2019\u201d Then the sibling has to say, \u201cYes, I forgive you,\u201d so that it really is that transaction that takes place.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother way that is really helpful to teach children forgiveness is to read them stories of other people who have exhibited forgiveness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have this book\u2014<em>Growing Together in Forgiveness<\/em>\u2014that has seven stories of people who have demonstrated <em>remarkable<\/em> forgiveness in situations that are hard for most of us to even comprehend how someone could ask for forgiveness, and how someone could grant forgiveness for really, really difficult things. When you read stories like that to your kids, it inspires them: \u201cOh, if that person can forgive <em>that<\/em>, then maybe I can forgive my brother,\u201d or \u201cMaybe I can forgive my friend at school that was bullying me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And you wrote that book, with the seven stories in it, with the idea that parents could read aloud a story like this at the dinner table or\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014bedtime.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, whatever, as a way to make this subject front and center, whether it\u2019s during the Easter season or any time of the year\u2014but this is the perfect time of year to be doing that; isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, exactly. Obviously, our kids\u2014we all need to be talking about forgiveness all the time\u2014but with the focus of Easter being on the cross and on the forgiveness that Christ purchased for us, it\u2019s a great time to read stories of forgiveness with your kids so that it really does become a part of the Easter celebration. It makes our appreciation for what He did for us so much greater when we know what it means.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Those seven stories are\u2014they are pretty remarkable\u2014I mean, the people who forgave had pretty tough things done to them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, really tough things.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Do you want to share one of them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, one of my favorite stories comes from the country of New Zealand. Dennis and I were there doing a conference a number of years ago. While we were there, we heard this story that\u2019s a part of the New Zealand history. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe story goes that\u2014in the 1800s sometime, some missionaries came; and they brought the gospel to the tribes of the land. There was a particular tribe who received the news, and responded to the gospel, and became believers. They each got a little copy of the Gospel of Luke, as a gift for receiving Christ, and they would read that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne little girl in the tribe\u2014she was like 11 or 12\u2014and she had learned to read from the missionaries. She read this Gospel of Luke to everyone in her tribe. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMany of them came to know Christ. The story goes that this school that she was a part of\u2014that was led by the missionaries\u2014had to move locations. On the journey to a new location, the children and the teachers were attacked by another tribe, who were not friendly; and she was murdered. I think there were some others, too, but she was murdered. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen her father discovered that she was murdered, his response was: \u201cI have come to know Christ, and Jesus does not want us to take revenge.\u201d He said, \u201cSo I must learn how to forgive the one who killed my daughter.\u201d He didn\u2019t even, at the time, know who it was. The story goes that the man who actually killed this little girl found the Gospel of Luke\u2014she carried it with her wherever she went. He thought it was kind of cool\u2014he didn\u2019t know what it was. He took it, and he found someone who could read it to him. This person read to him; and he realized, \u201cOh, I offended God,\u201d and he became a Christian then. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe, after receiving Christ, understood that he needed to seek forgiveness. He walked to the other tribe and asked the father of the girl he killed to forgive him. They forgave one another. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPart of what is so remarkable to me about the story is, not just that it happened, but that it\u2019s taught in the schools of New Zealand to this day\u2014to all the children in every school\u2014it\u2019s a part of their history. These children are growing up, hearing the story about this little girl who became a Christian and whose father forgave the man who killed her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just think it\u2019s a wonderful illustration of how teaching our children these stories, as they\u2019re growing up\u2014it\u2019s planting the seeds of truth in their hearts so it\u2019s a part of who they are \/ it\u2019s a part of their history\u2014they know these stories. So, when they are in a situation that\u2019s difficult and they need to forgive, they\u2019ll remember this little girl, or they\u2019ll remember John Newton, or they\u2019ll remember some of these other people who demonstrated forgiveness. They\u2019ll go, \u201cOh, that\u2019s how you do it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod may use that to lead them, then, to grant forgiveness to someone else.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think the question for every mom and dad is this: \u201cHow are you going to make Easter a special time? How are you going to focus on forgiveness? How are you going to model it? How are you going to teach about it? How are you going to train your children to know what it means to truly forgive another person?\u201d This is at the heart of what Christianity is all about. It\u2019s why this season ought to be, as you said earlier, one of the most rambunctious times in our entire year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> As we\u2019ve said, the culture doesn\u2019t give us a lot of cues to try to have these kinds of conversations. Part of what you have been working on, as you\u2019ve been designing resources in the Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> collection that you\u2019ve created\u2014you\u2019re trying to give families some of the visual cues to have around the home that just trigger for you the opportunity for this kind of discussion \/ this kind of conversation\u2014to bring to mind, in a visible way, what we ought to be reminded of today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly. We have lots of those at Christmas. We have trees, and we have wreaths, and we have lights. Everything says: \u201cThis is a special occasion.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have so little at our disposal\u2014so little that\u2019s biblical at our disposal\u2014that we can put up, that we can decorate with, that we can put on display. There is very little to put on your front door \/ to put in your yard\u2014there is just not a whole lot available. I\u2019m hopeful that God will grant us favor in helping me and my team to come up with ideas for ways that we can make a visual statement\u2014not just for neighbors and friends \/ but for our own reminder\u2014that we can see something in our house around Easter that reminds me: \u201cOh, yes. We\u2019re in the Easter season. We\u2019re talking about Christ, and the cross, and what He did for us,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s a visual reminder. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe need those cues\u2014those visual cues. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe need auditory cues\u2014we need reminders of what God did for us. Having these celebrations are annual reminders; and then, in that annual reminder, having visual things can help us stay tuned into what God\u2019s doing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I hadn\u2019t thought about it until you said it a few moments ago. There really isn\u2019t the music, Bob, around the season that there is at Christmas time. Isn\u2019t that interesting? You would think\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> There are some songs, but there aren\u2019t as many that are really specific to Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, there\u2019s no Nat King Cole Easter album that you can go out and buy; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> No, and you\u2019re not hearing it piped into malls and stores in the weeks leading up to the Easter holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think there\u2019s probably a reason for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I mean\u2014Easter is pretty counter-cultural.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I mean, Christ\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, everybody loves stories of angels and babies. A baby is pretty sweet, so it\u2019s easy to love Christmas and everything that it stands for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut Easter is a little different\u2014it\u2019s about a cross, which is a horrible form of execution. And it has blood, and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and it\u2019s about a Savior, who didn\u2019t come to mildly change people\u2019s lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014but radically.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He came to, yes, radically <em>transform<\/em> people\u2019s lives. In fact, I love a statement that was made by\u2014I think it was John Stott. He said, \u201cWhen Jesus shows up, change occurs.\u201d When you encounter Him\u2014and you meet the King of kings, the Lord of lords, and you develop a personal relationship\u2014I can tell you, from personal experience\u2014when I encountered Him in college, He transformed my life like no other encounter I\u2019ve ever had in my lifetime. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Is your house as decked out for Easter as it is for Christmas?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s getting there. Oh yes, it is\u2014it\u2019s getting there, Bob!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No, it\u2019s not as decked out; and I don\u2019t know that I really would want it to be as decked out. I think what I would like to see is\u2014I\u2019d like to see Christmas toned down somewhat\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014and then Easter elevated so they are a little bit more balanced in the way we treat them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Will you have pastel eggs that you dyed that you\u2019ll put out somewhere?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No. I would have\u2014we did that when we had our kids at home\u2014but we won\u2019t have the grandkids around. We will go see them, probably, but we won\u2019t do eggs at my house.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So what do you have?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, I have a banner\u2014an Easter banner\u2014that we created a year ago, I believe it was. I did the first one to put on my door a couple of years ago, just to see if it would work. I got some paint and painted \u201cI Am the Resurrection and the Life\u201d on a piece of burlap. Then, on the flip side, I put the thing about \u201cI am the Resurrection and the Life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLast year, we actually created a real one\u2014so we\u2019ve got that. You can put that on your front door or you can hang it on a wall in your house\u2014but on the burlap side, it has a lamb and it says \u201cI am the Resurrection and the Life,\u201d which is one of Jesus\u2019 claims of deity. And then, you flip it over on Easter Sunday morning. It has a crown; and it says, \u201cHe Is Risen.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s a way to make a statement in your house\u2014just for your own family or on your front door for anybody who drives by or comes by\u2014that \u201cIn this house, we believe in Christ and what He did for us.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You have some of your cross-shaped Christmas ornaments, the Adorenaments<em><sup>\u00ae <\/sup><\/em>that you\u2019ve made, that are now on display, at Easter, on stands around the home?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right\u2014we have those too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, actually, Bob\u2014when she created these, she was thinking\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> She had Easter in mind?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> She did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, we had this in mind.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So these are really not just Christmas-specific. These declare the names of Christ\u2014His Savior names\u2014each one on a different cross from a different period of history.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, if folks would like to see what we\u2019re talking about here, they can go to EverThineHome.com and see the collection of resources that Barbara Rainey has created as a part of what we\u2019re doing, here at FamilyLife. Again, it\u2019s EverThineHome.com. You can see the crosses, the Easter banner, some of the other resources that Barbara has been working on. The book about forgiveness is available on that website as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s called <em>Growing Together in Forgiveness. <\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, go to EverThineHome.com. You can see the resources that Barbara has designed that FamilyLife is making available for the Easter season. If it\u2019s easier to order some of these resources by calling us, you can do that as well. Our toll-free number: 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d Just ask about the Easter resources from FamilyLife. We can explain what we have, and you can order whatever you need over the phone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd speaking of resources for the Easter season, many of you are familiar with the Resurrection Eggs<em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> that FamilyLife has been producing for more than 20 years now\u2014it\u2019s a dozen plastic eggs. Each one has a symbol that signifies something related to Jesus\u2019 final week on earth. It\u2019s a great tool for helping your younger children better understand the Easter story and to make it memorable for them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe would really like for every home to have a set of Resurrection Eggsto be able to use with children, or with grandchildren, or to pass on to neighbors. We are making Resurrection Eggs available this year to any of you who contact us and are able to help with a donation of any amount to help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> We depend on those donations to sustain the work of this ministry, and we would be happy to send you a set of Resurrection Eggs as a thank-you gift when you support us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI CARE.\u201d Make an online donation, and we\u2019ll send a set of Resurrection Eggsout to you. Or you can make a donation over the phone and request a set of Resurrection Eggs when you call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can also mail a donation to us and request Resurrection Eggs. Our mailing address is PO Box 7111, Little Rock, Arkansas\u2014Arkansas is AR\u2014and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to talk about how we can prepare our hearts and our homes for a deeper, richer Easter celebration. Hope you can tune in for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2015 FamilyLife. 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You couldn\u2019t go anywhere without knowing that it\u2019s Christmas time.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> The culture celebrates it\u2014in fact, overdoes the giving aspect of Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> But here it is\u2014we\u2019re a few weeks away from Easter, and there is pretty much <em>nothing<\/em> that indicates that to you if you\u2019re out in the shopping mall or if you\u2019re driving in your car. 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We have a special guest with us on today\u2019s broadcast.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> In fact, we could say this is your favorite guest; can\u2019t we? [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think she\u2019s been my favorite for 42 years and 43 Christmases. We laugh about this all the time. We had a big joke, early in our marriage, about how many Christmases we had celebrated. We always celebrate\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014one more Christmas than anniversary.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Yes, so it\u2019s kind of tricky\u2014anyway, 43 Christmases \/ 42 years of marriage. Welcome to the broadcast, Sweetheart.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Thanks. Glad to be here.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You need to be counting how many Easters you\u2019ve celebrated because that\u2019s what we\u2019re talking about here; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s what we\u2019re talking about\u2014that\u2019s right. Yes, instead of Christmases\u2014you\u2019re right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And you\u2019re very aware of the fact that this is a culturally-ignored holiday. As a result, a lot of Christians don\u2019t even think about Easter until it is like: \u201cOh, this Sunday, it\u2019s Easter!\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Oh, yes\u2014like \u201c\u2026tomorrow.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No, Christians are not thinking about it. Part of it is because we\u2019re so used to being surrounded by everything that reminds us of Christmas during the month of December and, sadly, months before the month of December; but Easter is not like that. We don\u2019t have music that\u2019s playing on the radio, we don\u2019t have decorations that are in every store, and we don\u2019t have lights strung from houses. We don\u2019t have <em>anything<\/em> that calls our attention to the fact that Easter is about to come and that Easter is <em>the most<\/em> important moment in all of history.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> You believe that, today, we need to be preparing our homes and our hearts for Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly. We think a lot about advent when it comes to Christmas\u2014and about preparing our hearts to worship and to rejoice at Christmas\u2014but we don\u2019t do much of that for Easter. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, there are those who practice Lent\u2014who do some preparing of their hearts for the celebration of Easter\u2014but it\u2019s a much smaller proportion of the general population \/ it\u2019s a very small portion of the Christian population. As a whole, we don\u2019t do much to anticipate or prepare for the celebration of Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tEaster should be much more joyous \/ much more almost rambunctious of a celebration than Christmas is because we have so much to rejoice over because of what Christ did for us on the cross.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You didn\u2019t grow up in a church tradition where Lent was a part of your practice; did you?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s correct\u2014I did not.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Did you, Bob?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> I didn\u2019t either\u2014although, in recent years, we\u2019ve made it a part of our family\u2019s personal practice\u2014just for the reason that you mentioned\u2014so that we can begin orienting our thinking \/ something that reminds us, in the weeks leading up to Easter, what it is we\u2019re focusing on as we head toward the celebration of the resurrection. Have you started to engage in any of these Lenten practices yourself?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, we have. Dennis and I have talked about it. In fact, we created something for families to help families focus on preparing their hearts for Easter. We created a resource for families called The Messiah Mystery<em><sup>\u2122<\/sup><\/em><em>, <\/em>which helps families focus on all of the predictions in the Old Testament that foreshadow the coming of Christ and His death on the cross because so much of that is not common knowledge for believers today. It is just a great way to interact with your kids and help them understand why Christ had to come, why He had to suffer, why He had to die, and what all of that means.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Here\u2019s the thing I want our listeners to catch\u2014we are all involved in a relay race\u2014where one generation has been given the truth from God\u2019s Word and the experience of God in their lives\u2014to know Christ, walk with Him, read their Bible\u2014but we have to make a hand-off. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat FamilyLife hopefully does for you, in your marriage\u2014your family \/ your grandchildren\u2014is, hopefully, we\u2019re giving you some practical instruction of how you can take these seasons\/the holidays\u2014and this is Barbara\u2019s heart. Bob, you know it\u2019s her passion\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014is to take these holidays that Christians really haven\u2019t seized. They haven\u2019t grabbed hold of them and said: \u201cNo, our family is really going to get into this. We\u2019re going to make the most of what is,\u201d as you said, \u201csome of the greatest days of the Christian calendar.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know that you, Barbara, have a strong conviction that\u2014just as Christmas is around the theme of giving\u2014we\u2019re missing an opportunity to really focus on and teach our children what something else is\u2014that is all about Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, when you think about Christmas, we all know that it\u2019s about giving. We can\u2019t get away from it. It\u2019s absolutely inescapable. It\u2019s in our faces for over a month\u2014for weeks, and weeks, and weeks\u2014but, when it comes to Easter, we\u2019re kind of confused about what it means. We understand that Jesus died on the cross, but we kind of don\u2019t know what to do with that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs I was thinking about it, I thought, \u201cThe real theme for Easter is the theme of forgiveness.\u201d Easter is all about forgiveness. It\u2019s all about Christ dying on our behalf so that we can have a right relationship with Him so that we can be reconciled to the Father. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs we celebrate, at Christmas, the gift\u2014\u201cFor God so loved the world that He <em>gave<\/em> His only begotten Son\u201d\u2014we celebrate giving at Christmas. I think the counterpart for Easter is that we celebrate forgiveness\u2014that we understand forgiveness, that we grow in forgiveness and that we talk about it, that we proclaim that we are a forgiven people. That\u2019s what makes us different \/ that\u2019s what sets us apart. It would just be wonderful to see families begin to focus on teaching forgiveness and practicing forgiveness at Easter like we focus on giving at Christmas.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> One of the verses that is most oft repeated, here on <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>, is Ephesians 4:32. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPaul writes, \u201cBe kind to one another.\u201d Am I speaking to any families here who need kindness in their family? You know, when you and I were raising kids, this was one of the big struggles we had\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014was helping them know how to really relate to each other and be kind to one another. Paul goes on and says, \u201cBe kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another just as God in Christ forgave you.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhat is forgiveness? It is giving up the right to punish another person. Christ modeled it\u2014what did He do? He went to the cross so that we don\u2019t have to bear the punishment that our sins\/our law-breaking result in us deserving; right? But Christ went to the cross to offer forgiveness to us if we will receive Him as our Savior, Master, and Lord. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And when you think about Easter, you have to keep in mind that, in a real sense, God didn\u2019t give up the right to punish us but, instead, He redirected the punishment that we deserve.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> That\u2019s right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> He did just wave it aside and say, \u201cWell, I\u2019ll let bygones be bygones.\u201d He took the punishment that we deserve\u2014He poured it out on His Son\u2014that\u2019s what Good Friday reminds us of. Then, Easter points to the fact that, as a result, we have hope\u2014we have transformation, we have new life\u2014we have hope.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes. And I think it\u2019s a great topic for families to talk about because forgiveness is essential\u2014for every marriage, it\u2019s essential for every family, it\u2019s essential for every working relationship\u2014because we\u2019re all broken and we\u2019re all going to make mistakes. We\u2019re going to all need to, not only give forgiveness, but to be granted forgiveness. The more families can talk about forgiveness, the more it becomes something that they understand \/ they can grasp\u2014they know how to practice it \/ they know how to give it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s such a foreign concept to us, in our humanity, because we aren\u2019t naturally good forgivers. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe <em>need<\/em> what God has done for us so that we can then do what He did for us and forgive. Talking about it at Easter and learning stories of forgiveness is a great way to help children understand, as they grow up, what it looks like practically: \u201cWhat does it mean? How does that even work?\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> During the Christmas season, we have the opportunity to focus on God\u2019s gift to us because everybody is thinking about giving: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> \u201cWhat are you going to get for Christmas? What are you giving to somebody else?\u201d At Easter, we don\u2019t have anything like that to bring the issue of forgiveness, front and center, for multiple weeks, leading up to the holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, it\u2019s not as tangible. It\u2019s not something that you can put your hands on. It\u2019s a choice of the heart. I think one of the best ways for moms and dads to help their kids learn about forgiveness\u2014first of all, you have to talk about it and you have to model it. You have to demonstrate it to your kids. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI remember, when we were raising our kids, Dennis and I both made a real conscious effort to teach our kids what it meant to forgive. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe would model that to them\u2014so, when I would make mistakes\u2014which I did all the time every day\u2014I remember making a conscious effort of sitting down and saying to them: \"Mommy did this, and it was wrong. I need to ask you to forgive me. Will you forgive me?\u201d\u2014almost in a step-by-step manner.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd then, when our kids would offend one another, we would say: \u201cNow, you need to say what you did and name it\u2014name what you did that was wrong to your sibling. Then, you need to say, \u2018Will you forgive me?\u2019\u201d Then the sibling has to say, \u201cYes, I forgive you,\u201d so that it really is that transaction that takes place.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother way that is really helpful to teach children forgiveness is to read them stories of other people who have exhibited forgiveness. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have this book\u2014<em>Growing Together in Forgiveness<\/em>\u2014that has seven stories of people who have demonstrated <em>remarkable<\/em> forgiveness in situations that are hard for most of us to even comprehend how someone could ask for forgiveness, and how someone could grant forgiveness for really, really difficult things. When you read stories like that to your kids, it inspires them: \u201cOh, if that person can forgive <em>that<\/em>, then maybe I can forgive my brother,\u201d or \u201cMaybe I can forgive my friend at school that was bullying me.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> And you wrote that book, with the seven stories in it, with the idea that parents could read aloud a story like this at the dinner table or\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014bedtime.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, whatever, as a way to make this subject front and center, whether it\u2019s during the Easter season or any time of the year\u2014but this is the perfect time of year to be doing that; isn\u2019t it?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, exactly. Obviously, our kids\u2014we all need to be talking about forgiveness all the time\u2014but with the focus of Easter being on the cross and on the forgiveness that Christ purchased for us, it\u2019s a great time to read stories of forgiveness with your kids so that it really does become a part of the Easter celebration. It makes our appreciation for what He did for us so much greater when we know what it means.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Those seven stories are\u2014they are pretty remarkable\u2014I mean, the people who forgave had pretty tough things done to them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, really tough things.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Do you want to share one of them?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, one of my favorite stories comes from the country of New Zealand. Dennis and I were there doing a conference a number of years ago. While we were there, we heard this story that\u2019s a part of the New Zealand history. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe story goes that\u2014in the 1800s sometime, some missionaries came; and they brought the gospel to the tribes of the land. There was a particular tribe who received the news, and responded to the gospel, and became believers. They each got a little copy of the Gospel of Luke, as a gift for receiving Christ, and they would read that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOne little girl in the tribe\u2014she was like 11 or 12\u2014and she had learned to read from the missionaries. She read this Gospel of Luke to everyone in her tribe. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tMany of them came to know Christ. The story goes that this school that she was a part of\u2014that was led by the missionaries\u2014had to move locations. On the journey to a new location, the children and the teachers were attacked by another tribe, who were not friendly; and she was murdered. I think there were some others, too, but she was murdered. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWhen her father discovered that she was murdered, his response was: \u201cI have come to know Christ, and Jesus does not want us to take revenge.\u201d He said, \u201cSo I must learn how to forgive the one who killed my daughter.\u201d He didn\u2019t even, at the time, know who it was. The story goes that the man who actually killed this little girl found the Gospel of Luke\u2014she carried it with her wherever she went. He thought it was kind of cool\u2014he didn\u2019t know what it was. He took it, and he found someone who could read it to him. This person read to him; and he realized, \u201cOh, I offended God,\u201d and he became a Christian then. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHe, after receiving Christ, understood that he needed to seek forgiveness. He walked to the other tribe and asked the father of the girl he killed to forgive him. They forgave one another. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPart of what is so remarkable to me about the story is, not just that it happened, but that it\u2019s taught in the schools of New Zealand to this day\u2014to all the children in every school\u2014it\u2019s a part of their history. These children are growing up, hearing the story about this little girl who became a Christian and whose father forgave the man who killed her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI just think it\u2019s a wonderful illustration of how teaching our children these stories, as they\u2019re growing up\u2014it\u2019s planting the seeds of truth in their hearts so it\u2019s a part of who they are \/ it\u2019s a part of their history\u2014they know these stories. So, when they are in a situation that\u2019s difficult and they need to forgive, they\u2019ll remember this little girl, or they\u2019ll remember John Newton, or they\u2019ll remember some of these other people who demonstrated forgiveness. They\u2019ll go, \u201cOh, that\u2019s how you do it.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGod may use that to lead them, then, to grant forgiveness to someone else.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think the question for every mom and dad is this: \u201cHow are you going to make Easter a special time? How are you going to focus on forgiveness? How are you going to model it? How are you going to teach about it? How are you going to train your children to know what it means to truly forgive another person?\u201d This is at the heart of what Christianity is all about. It\u2019s why this season ought to be, as you said earlier, one of the most rambunctious times in our entire year.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> As we\u2019ve said, the culture doesn\u2019t give us a lot of cues to try to have these kinds of conversations. Part of what you have been working on, as you\u2019ve been designing resources in the Ever Thine Home<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> collection that you\u2019ve created\u2014you\u2019re trying to give families some of the visual cues to have around the home that just trigger for you the opportunity for this kind of discussion \/ this kind of conversation\u2014to bring to mind, in a visible way, what we ought to be reminded of today.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Exactly. We have lots of those at Christmas. We have trees, and we have wreaths, and we have lights. Everything says: \u201cThis is a special occasion.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe have so little at our disposal\u2014so little that\u2019s biblical at our disposal\u2014that we can put up, that we can decorate with, that we can put on display. There is very little to put on your front door \/ to put in your yard\u2014there is just not a whole lot available. I\u2019m hopeful that God will grant us favor in helping me and my team to come up with ideas for ways that we can make a visual statement\u2014not just for neighbors and friends \/ but for our own reminder\u2014that we can see something in our house around Easter that reminds me: \u201cOh, yes. We\u2019re in the Easter season. We\u2019re talking about Christ, and the cross, and what He did for us,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s a visual reminder. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe need those cues\u2014those visual cues. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe need auditory cues\u2014we need reminders of what God did for us. Having these celebrations are annual reminders; and then, in that annual reminder, having visual things can help us stay tuned into what God\u2019s doing.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I hadn\u2019t thought about it until you said it a few moments ago. There really isn\u2019t the music, Bob, around the season that there is at Christmas time. Isn\u2019t that interesting? You would think\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> There are some songs, but there aren\u2019t as many that are really specific to Easter.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, there\u2019s no Nat King Cole Easter album that you can go out and buy; right?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> No, and you\u2019re not hearing it piped into malls and stores in the weeks leading up to the Easter holiday.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I think there\u2019s probably a reason for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I mean\u2014Easter is pretty counter-cultural.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> I mean, Christ\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, everybody loves stories of angels and babies. A baby is pretty sweet, so it\u2019s easy to love Christmas and everything that it stands for. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tBut Easter is a little different\u2014it\u2019s about a cross, which is a horrible form of execution. And it has blood, and\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> \u2014and it\u2019s about a Savior, who didn\u2019t come to mildly change people\u2019s lives.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014but radically.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> He came to, yes, radically <em>transform<\/em> people\u2019s lives. In fact, I love a statement that was made by\u2014I think it was John Stott. He said, \u201cWhen Jesus shows up, change occurs.\u201d When you encounter Him\u2014and you meet the King of kings, the Lord of lords, and you develop a personal relationship\u2014I can tell you, from personal experience\u2014when I encountered Him in college, He transformed my life like no other encounter I\u2019ve ever had in my lifetime. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Is your house as decked out for Easter as it is for Christmas?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> It\u2019s getting there. Oh yes, it is\u2014it\u2019s getting there, Bob!\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No, it\u2019s not as decked out; and I don\u2019t know that I really would want it to be as decked out. I think what I would like to see is\u2014I\u2019d like to see Christmas toned down somewhat\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Right.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> \u2014and then Easter elevated so they are a little bit more balanced in the way we treat them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Will you have pastel eggs that you dyed that you\u2019ll put out somewhere?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> No. I would have\u2014we did that when we had our kids at home\u2014but we won\u2019t have the grandkids around. We will go see them, probably, but we won\u2019t do eggs at my house.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> So what do you have?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Well, I have a banner\u2014an Easter banner\u2014that we created a year ago, I believe it was. I did the first one to put on my door a couple of years ago, just to see if it would work. I got some paint and painted \u201cI Am the Resurrection and the Life\u201d on a piece of burlap. Then, on the flip side, I put the thing about \u201cI am the Resurrection and the Life.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tLast year, we actually created a real one\u2014so we\u2019ve got that. You can put that on your front door or you can hang it on a wall in your house\u2014but on the burlap side, it has a lamb and it says \u201cI am the Resurrection and the Life,\u201d which is one of Jesus\u2019 claims of deity. And then, you flip it over on Easter Sunday morning. It has a crown; and it says, \u201cHe Is Risen.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s a way to make a statement in your house\u2014just for your own family or on your front door for anybody who drives by or comes by\u2014that \u201cIn this house, we believe in Christ and what He did for us.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> You have some of your cross-shaped Christmas ornaments, the Adorenaments<em><sup>\u00ae <\/sup><\/em>that you\u2019ve made, that are now on display, at Easter, on stands around the home?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> That\u2019s right\u2014we have those too.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> Well, actually, Bob\u2014when she created these, she was thinking\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> She had Easter in mind?\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> She did.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara:<\/strong> Yes, we had this in mind.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis:<\/strong> So these are really not just Christmas-specific. These declare the names of Christ\u2014His Savior names\u2014each one on a different cross from a different period of history.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob:<\/strong> Yes, if folks would like to see what we\u2019re talking about here, they can go to EverThineHome.com and see the collection of resources that Barbara Rainey has created as a part of what we\u2019re doing, here at FamilyLife. Again, it\u2019s EverThineHome.com. You can see the crosses, the Easter banner, some of the other resources that Barbara has been working on. The book about forgiveness is available on that website as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tIt\u2019s called <em>Growing Together in Forgiveness. <\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>\u00a0<\/em>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, go to EverThineHome.com. You can see the resources that Barbara has designed that FamilyLife is making available for the Easter season. If it\u2019s easier to order some of these resources by calling us, you can do that as well. Our toll-free number: 1-800-FL-TODAY\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d Just ask about the Easter resources from FamilyLife. We can explain what we have, and you can order whatever you need over the phone.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd speaking of resources for the Easter season, many of you are familiar with the Resurrection Eggs<em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em> that FamilyLife has been producing for more than 20 years now\u2014it\u2019s a dozen plastic eggs. Each one has a symbol that signifies something related to Jesus\u2019 final week on earth. It\u2019s a great tool for helping your younger children better understand the Easter story and to make it memorable for them.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe would really like for every home to have a set of Resurrection Eggsto be able to use with children, or with grandchildren, or to pass on to neighbors. We are making Resurrection Eggs available this year to any of you who contact us and are able to help with a donation of any amount to help support the ministry of <em>FamilyLife Today.<\/em> We depend on those donations to sustain the work of this ministry, and we would be happy to send you a set of Resurrection Eggs as a thank-you gift when you support us.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI CARE.\u201d Make an online donation, and we\u2019ll send a set of Resurrection Eggsout to you. Or you can make a donation over the phone and request a set of Resurrection Eggs when you call 1-800-FL-TODAY\u20141-800-358-6329\u2014that\u2019s 1-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou can also mail a donation to us and request Resurrection Eggs. Our mailing address is PO Box 7111, Little Rock, Arkansas\u2014Arkansas is AR\u2014and our zip code is 72223.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to talk about how we can prepare our hearts and our homes for a deeper, richer Easter celebration. Hope you can tune in for that.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I'm Bob Lepine. We will see you back next time for another edition of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> is a production of FamilyLife of Little Rock, Arkansas. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tHelp for today. Hope for tomorrow.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe are so happy to provide these transcripts to you. However, there is a cost to produce them for our website. If you\u2019ve benefited from the broadcast transcripts, would you consider <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/donate\">donating today<\/a> to help defray the costs?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tCopyright <sup>\u00a9<\/sup> 2015 FamilyLife. 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