In Sermon Illustrations: "Easter Palm Sunday"

Easter Service Mishap

Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Apr 12, 2021

One year, a bunch of friends and I decided to go to a sunrise service at a super fancy church. This church looks like a European cathedral and we were all dressed up for 5 a.m. singing around a huge fire outside and then going inside for service. Everyone had candles and the whole service is by ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 12:38-40

Tags: Easter, Resurrection, Funny, Sunrise Service

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Easter: New Creation  PRO

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Easter: New Creation The Easter Story is God taking a life which was being spent on self, the pleasures of this world, blinded by the devil, and turning it around to achieve all of His good purposes. The Word of God has some good news. The "New Creation" is living as a new man in Christ which ...read more

Scripture: Romans 8:11

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Easter: Freed By Grace

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Easter: Freed By Grace A life connected to the "Ever-Flowing Life of Easter" is a meaningful life and it is a life "Freed by Grace." Romans 11:6 says, "And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace." Ephesians 2:8-10 says, "For it is by grace you have ...read more

Scripture: Romans 11:6

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Life Without Easter  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 13, 2009

LIFE WITHOUT EASTER The story is told of a young mother who found herself on the last train out of Poland during Hitler’s regime. She had her first-born toddler and her newborn nursing infant with her. The bombing was fierce, and the train had to stop many times for the passengers to take cover. A ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:6

Tags: Easter, Joy, Purpose, Eternal Life, Easter Resurrection  (view more)  (view less)

What Changed At Easter?  PRO

Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Oct 16, 2008

What Changed at Easter? Quest Study Bible notes this about the question, "What changed at Easter, this pivotal point in history?" "The resurrection vindicated Jesus' claims about himself, that he was the Son of God in the flesh, the fulfillment of God’s dealings with humankind. No longer would ...read more

Tags: Salvation, Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Seven Stanzas At Easter

Contributed by Alison Bucklin on Mar 19, 2023

John Updike put it in his wonderful poem : Make no mistake: if he rose at all it was as his body; If the cells dissolution did not reverse, the molecules reknit, the amino acids rekindle, the church will fall. Let us not mock God with metaphor, Analogy, sidestepping transcendence; Making ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:14, Matthew 28:1-10

Tags: Tomb, Resurrection, John Updike

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

As She Awoke This Day, Thoughts Of Sunday Danced ...  PRO

Contributed by Ian Biss on Sep 30, 2001

As she awoke this day, thoughts of Sunday danced through her mind, Nancy was looking forward to Easter, the whole family would be coming over to visit this year because they were all close to home. Now that the grandchildren were getting older, the Easter egg hunts became more lively with all the ...read more

Tags: Death, Death Nearness, Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Grace Brethren

The Funniest Easter Story Ever!

Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Mar 25, 2024

The Call to Worship had just been pronounced starting Easter Sunday Morning service in an East Texas church. The choir started its processional, singing "Up from the Grave He Arose" as they marched in perfect step down the center aisle to the front of the church. However, unfortunatley, ...read more

Tags: Church, Easter, Resurrection, Miracles, Choir  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

The Palm-Tree Grows Best Beneath A Ponderous ...

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"The palm-tree grows best beneath a ponderous weight, and even so the character of man. The petty pangs of small daily cares have often bent ...read more

Tags: Christian Values

Ever-Flowing Life Of Easter

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Aug 11, 2008

Ever-Flowing Life Of Easter When Jesus was crucified on the Cross, and was raised again on the third day, He got victory over sin and death and that purchased the abundant life in Christ which is available to all who will surrender to His Lordship. The Apostle Paul, moved by the Holy Spirit ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

On Sunday Morning, December 7, 1941, 350 Japanese ...  PRO

Contributed by Evie Megginson on Aug 20, 2001

On Sunday morning, December 7, 1941, 350 Japanese war planes bombed Pearl Harbor. 18 battle ships were sunk or destroyed. 200 airplanes were put out of commission. 3, 581 servicemen were either killed or wounded. Thus America’s war cry as she entered World War II was this motto: “Remember ...read more

Scripture: John 13:1-17

Tags: Lord's Supper, Easter Maundy Thursday

Denomination: Baptist

The Easter Story Ends Not With A Funeral But ...  PRO

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Oct 18, 2000

"The Easter story ends not with a funeral but with a festival. It demands not our applause but our allegiance, not ...read more

Tags: Miracles Of Jesus, Death, Easter Resurrection

Denomination: Baptist

Super Stupid Easter Jokes  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Mar 22, 2005

SUPER STUPID EASTER JOKES Boy 1: "How did you get that bruise on your arm?" Boy 2: "I ate some Easter candy." Boy 1: "Eating Easter candy won’t give you a bruise." 7 Boy 2: "It will if it’s your big brother’s candy!" Q: What would you get if you crossed the Easter Bunny with an overstressed ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-15

Tags: Easter Resurrection

The Great Easter Truth Is Not That We Are To ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The great Easter truth is not that we are to live newly after deaththat is not the great thingbut that we are to be new ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

The Message Of Easter Cannot Be Written In The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The message of Easter cannot be written in the past tense. It is a message for today and the days to come. It is Gods ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

The Story Of Easter Is The Story Of Gods ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

The story of Easter is the story of Gods wonderful ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Easter Morning Is Not Merely A Declaration That ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

"Easter morning is not merely a declaration that we are immortal, but a declaration that we ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Easter Is The New Years Day Of The ...  PRO

Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 12, 2007

Easter is the New Years Day ...read more

Tags: Easter Resurrection

Easter In An Anti-God Rally

Contributed by Donnie Martin on Apr 14, 2010

EASTER IN AN ANTI-GOD RALLY During the early 1920's, a Communist leader named Nikolai Bukharin was sent from Moscow to Kiev to address an anti-God rally. For an hour, he abused and ridiculed the Christian faith until it seemed as if the whole structure of belief was in ruins. Then questions were ...read more

Tags: Atheism

Denomination: Baptist

A Children's Easter Play Was In The Stage Of ...  PRO

Contributed by Don Hawks on Mar 23, 2008

A children’s Easter Play was in the stage of preparation . The director was supervising the cast to make certain that each child would feel comfortable with his or her assigned role. One young lad was offered a speaking part, but he turned it down, saying, "I would rather play the part of the stone ...read more

Denomination: Methodist