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  Easter Sunday (cycle a)
 

Texts & Discussion

Acts 10:34-43 or Jeremiah 31:1-6
Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24
Colossians 3:1-4
John 20:1-18 or
Matthew 28:1-10

 

Other Resources:

Commentary:

Matthew Henry,    Wesley

Word Study:
Robertson

This Week's Themes:

God's Victory Over Darkness
Lord's Resurrection
Redemption & Salvation

Hope & New Life in Jesus

 


Children's Sermons
 
1) New: Rise and Shine
2) God's Witness Protection Program, Acts 10:34-43
3) God of Happy Endings
4) Inside of an Egg
5) It's All in the Eggs


Sermons:


 

Skits/Readings:

 

What if Christ had not risen?
Mark 16:1-8
by Frank Schaefer

Just imagine we only had the original Gospel of Mark in our NT bible. That’d be a pretty frill--less Easter celebration, don’t you think?

Now, even in the original version of Mark though you still have the empty tomb and the promise that the disciples will meet up with Jesus again.

But, this whole thing made me ponder an interesting question: what if Jesus hadn’t risen from the dead? Would it still be possible to believe in him as our Savior? What would it be like to talk about a Savior who died and didn’t rise from the dead in a physical sense?

Well, I suppose there are religions whose founders did die and didn’t rise from the grave, like Mohamed and Moses, and these religions still live on.

I guess, a belief in the physical resurrection of Jesus     [continue]