Alva Review-Courier -

Imagine Thomas' condition. A week earlier, he had watched Christ die. He had placed all of his hope and all of his life on Jesus. Jesus was everything to him, and now he was dead. Three days after the cross, Thomas could still not join the other disciples. He had lost too much, and the painful memories of his Savior's battered body haunted him. The disciples came to find him to tell him the joyful news: Christ had Risen. Peter, James, John and all the others affirmed to Thomas that Christ had indeed risen, and they saw him, touched him and embraced Him! "What great news, Thomas. I'm sorry you...