Celebrating Easter: The 2006 BYU Easter Conference

2006 BYU Easter Conference Published

Some of the most recognized verses in all of scripture reflect the triumph of Easter: “And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him” (Mark 16:6). This volume is a collection of essays from the 2006 BYU Easter Conference and reflects some of the ways in which we think about Easter.

All of us need the Savior to burn off the stains and rusts we accumulate in mortality. And we, too, must look to Christ to re-form by grace what we had de-formed by sin. May this hope for wholeness point our westward-wandering sould eastward toward a garden, a cross, and an empty tomb. —John S. Tanner in his chapter “Christ, Our Advocate and High Priest”

It is safe to say without equivocation that the Resurrection of Christ, which signaled to all humankind that the Atonement was complete, is the most important event in the salvation of men and women and the cosmos itself. —Richard Neitzel Holzapfel and Thomas A. Wayment, in the foreword

Topics range from direct studies about how Latter-day Saints celebrate and teach Easter to technical aspects of the Savior’s trial and His Jewish antagonists’ approach to His miracles. Edited by Thomas A. Wayment and Keith J. Wilson, the book includes chapters by Elder Cecil O. Samuelson, BYU academic vice president John S. Tanner, and Religious Education dean Terry B. Ball.

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