Hello, everyone. You're listening to Family Talk, a radio broadcasting ministry of the James

Dobson Family Institute. I'm Dr. James Dobson, and thank you for joining us for this program.

Well, welcome to Family Talk, the broadcast division of the Dr. James Dobson Family Institute.

I'm Roger Marsh, and as you are probably well aware, Easter is just around the corner.

Well, on today's edition of Family Talk, we're going to pause for just a moment to reflect on what makes this season so profound.

Questions like, why did Jesus have to die? Always come up this time of year.

And maybe could God have offered a different plan? Well, these are questions that as a young

Christian, our own Dr. James Dobson wrestled with himself. And today on Family Talk, he shares the

answers that he found that transformed his faith. In this timeless message, Dr. Dobson

will unpack the very heart of why the need for a Savior. Get ready for a very special edition

of Dr. James Dobson's family talk starting right now.

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 it simply a day for children to hide eggs

and overindulge on chocolate bunnies. Despite modern culture's 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 of 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.

That's why we can proclaim, even at the grave side of a loved one who is a Christian,

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