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Dr. James Dobson share his classic Good Friday message on Why the Need for

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Dr James Dobson and his message about the need for a Savior.

Dear friends, soon you and I will celebrate the most important holiday, literally Holy Day, on the

Christians calendar. Easter is not primarily a secular observance designed to usher in the warmth of spring.

Nor is is simply a day for children to hide eggs and over-endulge on chocolate bunnies.

Despite modern cultures at overindulge on chocolate bunnies.

Despite modern cultures attempts to reinvent

this day of celebration, Easter is at its heart

the Christian commemoration of Christ's death, and three days later his emergence

from the tomb and all the freedom and victory that these events entail. The resurrection is the historical marker that lies at the

center of everything we believe and within it is found the promise of eternal life for believers in Jesus Christ.

The good news provides the only satisfactory explanation for why we're here and where we're going. The final heartbeat for

the Christian is not the mysterious conclusion to a meaningless existence.

It is rather the grand beginning of a life that will never end.

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