Why Easter is a Bigger Deal Than Most People Realize

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Relationships, Society & Culture, Parenting

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🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In today’s society, a lot of families think Easter is more about rabbits and chocolate, rather than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Bob Lepine explores various traditions of Easter and points out the true meaning of this holiday — Jesus died and rose again so we can live forever with him in Heaven!

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0:00.0	My kids love the chocolate. I love the chocolate. Yeah, we tend to overdo it at Easter.
0:12.4	All the colored eggs and the baskets and spring dresses, it's all so pretty.
0:18.4	Keep an eye out for the Easter bunny. I mean, what kind of holiday doesn't give you a day off?
0:23.8	Easter's like the beginning of spring, a time of renewal.
0:27.7	Oh, yeah, and there's a special service at church, I think.
0:32.0	Well, Easter is this Sunday.
0:34.1	I wonder how your family is going to celebrate.
0:36.8	Colored eggs, lots of chocolate. How will the deeper meaning of the holiday come out?
0:42.3	Welcome to another edition of Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.
0:45.3	I'm John Fuller.
0:46.3	John, it's fascinating how the story and influence of Jesus Christ continues to permeate our culture.
0:53.3	It's kind of evidence of who he was, right? I mean,
0:55.8	the fact that we still recognize what he did, many people, inside the faith and outside
1:00.9	the faith. But I think oftentimes, especially around Easter, a lot of people don't understand
1:06.4	what it is. I remember going into a blockbuster. Now that's going to date me a little bit.
1:10.3	In the 90s,
1:11.7	and this woman, Gene and I went in to get an Easter video, something about Jesus. And we said,
1:17.2	do you have any Easter videos? And she looked at us like, hmm, I could tell she was a little lost.
1:21.8	I said, you know, about Jesus. And she goes, that's what Easter's about? She goes, I thought it was about the Easter bunny.
1:28.6	I mean, and my jaw went down.
1:30.7	I went, wow, here's a 25-year-old who has no clue what Easter is about.
1:35.4	I think that is far more prevalent today than we realize, don't you?
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