Encountering the Risen Christ: From Easter to Pentecost: The Message of the Resurrection and How it Can Change Us

Reprinting for February 2020 How can we encounter the risen Lord Jesus in a life-transforming way How can we be equipped and strengthened to share the message of the resurrection with the world The post-resurrection encounters between Jesus and the disciples provide us with some of the most profound and personal moments to be found in scripture. The risen Christ comes to his disciples in all their brokenness their sadness, fear, doubt, shattered dreams and failure and calls them to a future filled with hope, confidence, confirmed faith, new beginnings and restored lives. Encountering the Risen Christ reflects on the main characters in the post-resurrection accounts and shows how we too can encounter Jesus Christ in a life-transforming way. The seven chapters plus discussion material can be used across the seven weeks from Easter to Pentecost in individual reflection or group study, or at any time of year.

Mark Bradford is a curate at Holy Trinity Church, Ripon. Prior to training for Anglican ministry at St John's College, Nottingham, he was a secondary school teacher in Harrogate, teaching mainly History and Politics. He also worked part-time for three years, training and discipling 18-25 year olds in Leeds with the Oasis Trust.