Sermons on Easter Effects:

Easter 2025

Contributed by Michael Nesmith on Apr 21, 2025

Once again here we are gathered on this glorious Easter morning to celebrate. But this is not just a meal of remembrance and celebration of a one-time event as is the Passover of old.

This morning. We come together to celebrate Easter. We believe in and celebrate the empty tomb – the resurrection of Jesus from the dead. However, His resurrection, this most wonderous of all miracles, and all these worship services would mean nothing for us without the reason of the resurrection. ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-9

Denomination: Catholic

Easter Hope

Contributed by John Bright on May 27, 2023

This is my sermon for Easter 2023 There is a teaching sheet at the end of the text

"Easter Hope" John 20:11-18 A sermon for 4/9/23 Resurrection Sunday Pastor John Bright John 20 “11 But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the tomb. 12 And she saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and the other at the ...read more

Scripture: John 20:11-18, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, 1 Peter 1:3-5, Luke 8:2

Denomination: Methodist

Easter By The Numbers

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Mar 6, 2023

3 days is the only pattern of which eternal life is given. First is the ordinal of Easter proclaimed in the narrative formula, "the first day of the week."

There is above the Falls of Niagara a rock jutting out into the river, which bears the significant name of Past Redemption Point. At that place the current becomes so rapid and overpowering that all hope of swimming or rowing against it has to be abandoned. The man who drifts past it is lost. ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:4

Denomination: Catholic

Easter Expectations

Contributed by Loyd C. Taylor on Mar 14, 2023

This is a message I preached along with our Easter program, I wanted to build the excitement of Easter, relating how the first Easter brought this expectation.

INTRODUCTION: Happy Easter to you! We are so glad you came to worship with us today. Please turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of Luke. As we read about the disciples and what they expected on that first Easter morning, we should ask ourselves, “What are our Easter expectations?” Text: Luke ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12, John 20:1-10

Denomination: Baptist

Easter Sunday Series

Contributed by Brady Boyd on Apr 6, 2023

The very first person to confess Jesus as Son of God after the crucifixion was the very person who crucified him.

Easter Sunday 2023 Matthew 27:51-54 At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split 52 and the tombs broke open. The bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. 53 They came out of the tombs after Jesus’ resurrection ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:51-54, John 20:11-16

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Instructions For Easter Series

Contributed by Charles Mallory on Apr 6, 2023

Both the Angels and Jesus give us instructions on what to do with Easter: accept Jesus for ourselves; go and tell others of our salvation in Christ, and then rejoice!

ALLELUIA! HERE THE GOOD NEWS! JESUS CHRIST HAS RISEN FROM THE DEAD JUST AS HE SAID HE WOULD! SIN IS DEFEATED AND DEATH HAS BEEN CONQUERED. THE WORK OF JESUS CHRIST ON EARTH CAN NOW BE SUMMARIZED INTO ONE WORD – VICTORY! THE DEATH OF JESUS ON THE CROSS WAS, IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS, A VICTORIOUS ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:1-10, Acts 2:24, Isaiah 25:7-8, 1 Corinthians 15:55, Colossians 1:22, Colossians 2:13-15  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Free Methodist

The Excitement Of Easter

Contributed by Dr. Odell Belger on Feb 17, 2022

It is a blessing for us to be able to come to church and hear the gospel preached over and over again. Why?

Because of two reasons: (1) It is a blessing, when you consider the fact that some have never heard the gospel. We are blessed to have heard it preached over and over again. (2) Another reason is because the more we can hear something, the more we receive from it. For example, it is ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 22:1-21

Denomination: Baptist

Easter Joy

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on Apr 14, 2021

Easter Joy is the joy felt when realizing the power of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ

Easter Joy Psalm 30 Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz Let us begin by my asking you a question. What brings you the most joy in your life? (Pause) That does not seem on the surface to be a difficult question, or is it? You may have many joys in your life that may immediately come to mind. Perhaps it was ...read more

Denomination: United Methodist

Easter Triumph Series

Contributed by Michael Koplitz on May 3, 2021

Revelation chapter one gives an interesting view of Jesus' death. He was born with a specific mission and vision which includes His early deathj

Easter Triumph Revelation 1:12-20 Rev. Dr. Michael H. Koplitz 12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw aseven golden lampstands; 13 and ain the middle of the lampstands I saw one blike 1a son of man, cclothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:12-20

Denomination: United Methodist

The Easter Garden Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 5, 2021

God started human history in a garden, and Jesus began a new history of salvation in the Easter garden which gave to man new life, new joy, and new hope.

A son kept asking his father questions until he was bugged. He decided and try to quench the lad's curiosity with the old cliche, "Remember, curiosity killed the cat." The son replied, "What was the cat curious about dad?" The plan backfired, for the boy was even ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Personalizing Easter Series

Contributed by Scott Maze on Jul 18, 2021

The Bible says you were/are spiritually dead. What does this mean? It means you have no spiritual energy to pursue God. You are spiritual DOA – you are dead on arrival in your spiritual life.

Happy Palm Sunday to all of you! We celebrate the day Christ entered Jerusalem with shouts of Hosanna ringing in the air. As much as I admire Martin Luther King Jr., there are not even two people who gather every Sunday to celebrate him. But over one hundred million will gather together to ...read more

Scripture: Ephesians 2:4-7

Denomination: Baptist

Easter Is A Verb

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 8, 2022

How will your life be different with Christ eastering in you?

The Jesuit Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote a poem with the line, “Let him easter in us.” Easter is something that happens to us. It’s a verb, from the darkness into light. Mary Magdalen has been eastered- freed by Jesus. Simon Peter has been eastered. The wisdom and joy of a person ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Catholic

Easter 2022

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Apr 13, 2022

"What God has shared with you in the Light, do not forget in the darkness." The is the overall message from this Easter sermon. When we have hard times, do not forget what Jesus has already spoken into our lives.

Easter 2022 Scripture: John 8:12; Mark 10:32-34; 16:9-11; James 1:2-3 I want to thank Pastor Cynthia for her continuing to cover for me as I travel back and forth to Tennessee for the next several months. It is a blessing to have someone that you can depend on when you need them most. Thank ...read more

Scripture: John 8:12, Mark 10:32-34, James 1:2-3

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Easter 2022

Contributed by Jefferson Williams on Apr 18, 2022

Exposition of I Corinthians 15:1-5 - The Main Thing

Easter 2022 I Corinthians 15 Pastor Jefferson M. Williams Chenoa Baptist Church 04-17-2022 Bridges Growing up in Memphis, I crossed the bridge into Arkansas many times. If you don’t know, it’s in the Genius World Book of Records as the largest bridge in the shape of a letter. If there ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Cancel Easter?

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Apr 1, 2020

Especially for 2020. On the first Easter, Jewish power players tried to MANAGE they truth of the resurrection, to cancel Easter forever. The truth could not be canceled, because disciples saw the risen Lord. The guards were afraid, but both the angel and Jesus said, "Do not be afraid."

CANCEL EASTER? Matthew 27:61-28:15 (Revised in 2020, during the novel coronavirus, covid-19 church cancellations—can be easily modified) In the eyes of many people, Easter has been canceled this year. Church is online only. Easter egg hunts and family dinners are canceled. Malls are closed, and ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed