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Springtime is here! But in addition to birds singing and flowers blooming, questions inevitably pop up regarding Easter and how it is celebrated. In this podcast, Lindsey and Robin chat about some of the common things you may hear:
- Is Easter pagan?
- What about bunnies and eggs?
- What’s the evidence for the Resurrection?
and more! As mentioned in the podcast, we have included these and other questions in The Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Easter (visit our Resources page to have it emailed to you!). Want to learn more about Judaism? Check out Lindsey’s series on the worldview, where she addresses the difficult topic of Jesus’ death and how that has impacted Jewish people.
Happy Easter from the Mama Bear Team!
Lindsey Medenwaldt is a perpetual student, so in addition to her M.A. in Apologetics and Ethics from Denver Seminary, she has a J.D. and a Master’s in Public Administration. In the past, she served as Mama Bear’s Executive Director and Director of Operations. Her book, Bridge-Building Apologetics, was released in 2024 (Harvest House).
We love resurrection rolls! I’ve made them with our kiddos the last few years, and they are always a hit. Hope your family enjoys them as well!
Hello mama bears! I’m new to Mama bears apologetics and to the podcast. Our small group just started studying the book and we are loving it. I just listened to the first podcast about Easter. I have a few questions I wanted to get clarification on. I’m hispanic and grew up in a latin-speaking country and grew up celebrating Pascua as a previous catholic. I’ve been a Christian for 20+ years and my mom actually converted to Judaism some 7 years or so ago. I’ve been living in America for 13 years so I’m familiar with the american “Easter”, also familiar with Spanish/Catholic Pascua and with the Jewish Pessah (passover). You explained how the word Pascua came from the word Pessah but then you mentioned Easter came from the germanic word Ost which means the rising of the sun or East. Neither are related to Pessah/Passover which is when the Jews celebrate that God saved their firstborns in Egypt and the “passing over” of the forces of destruction that killed the firstborn Egyptians. In South America, we never celebrated Pascua with bunnies or eggs, which are completely unrelated to Jesus’ resurrection or the Passover. When did “Easter” in America became about celebrating the rising of the sun or the East? That’s what bothers me, in my opinion it is meant to deviate us from celebrating Jesus, his life and his death. So for me and my family, we choose to eat lamb, make a cake in the shape of a lamb and celebrate the perfect lamb that was slain for us.
I just listened to this podcast. Is it still possible to get The Mama Bear Apologetics Guide to Easter? With Easter just around the corner I would love to get “prepared” for my girls.
Hey – I think you all do great work!
However, I think you’ve constructed a bit of a straw man argument here. For example, there are those of us who don’t believe that eggs and bunnies are not evil – but that they are not helpful or appropriate symbols for this holiday! Symbols are just that – symbols – and should be recognizable for what we are celebrating. Why do we give way to symbols that have no bearing on the highest holy day of the Christian year?
Also, language is important. While the word “Easter” is not a bad word and may or may not have any links to paganism, why do we choose this word, which, again, has nothing to do with what we are Christians are actually celebrating?
I understand that this is matter of conscience, but this podcast doesn’t seem to give a fair response to the other side.