Sermons on Easter Passover:

Easter People Living In A Good Friday World

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 25, 2007

Contrasts how we are living in this world.

Easter 2006: Easter People Living In A Good Friday World Scripture: Mark Chapters 14-16 Introduction This morning we celebrate one of the most important of Christian holidays, Easter. Christianity rests on the foundation that Christ died and was resurrected. The celebration of His ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Narnia: Merry Easter (And Happy Christmas)

Contributed by Todd Anderson on Dec 8, 2005

A Christmas Eve or Christmas Day sermon or homily using an extended illustration from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" to show how many miss(ed) Christ’s first coming and how we need to be ready for his Second Coming in power.

Title: Merry Easter! (a Christmas eve or Christmas day homily) While bagging groceries years ago in a supermarket during highschool I found it fun to mess with customers minds and say things like: “Have a Day! And hear them automatically respond: “You Too!” It was especially fun around the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 2:1-20

Denomination: Lutheran

Easter 2009: Handling Adversity Part 2 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Apr 11, 2009

This message focuses on the response of the disciples to Jesus’ Crucifixion.

Easter 2009: Our Belief Dictate Our Action Scripture: Luke 24:1-11; Matthew 28:11-15; 2 Corinthians 12:9 Introduction Before I say anything else to you, I want to say to each of you this morning, Happy Easter! This is the time of year when we celebrate life. The trees and flowers shake off ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-11

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

After Easter - Getting With God's Program Of Worship

Contributed by Steve Shepherd on Apr 19, 2009

1- Worship Him only 2- Worship Him everywhere 3- Worship Him sincerely

INTRO.- ILL.- One day God was looking down at Earth and saw all of the evil that was going on. He decided to send an angel down to Earth to check it out. So He called one of His best angels and sent the angel to Earth for a while. When he returned he told God, yes it is bad on Earth, 95% is bad ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 4:10

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Do We Have A Covert Faith This Easter? Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 2, 2010

The text we have before us deals with the turmoil facing Peter as Jesus is progressing towards the cross. Peter, who has, just recently promised to never forsake Christ, is now deeply involved with the community of people who are enveloping the situation

DO WE HAVE A COVERT FAITH THIS EASTER? GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE 2010 Series Part 3 Matthew 26:69-75 PROPOSITION: That our faith in Jesus Christ would be visible to all, not hidden from view. INTRODUCTION: The text we have before us deals with the turmoil facing Peter as Jesus is progressing towards ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:69-75

Denomination: Baptist

Do We Have A Common Goal This Easter Series

Contributed by Guy Glass on Apr 2, 2010

Easter is a day of celebration. Believers worldwide have the wonderful opportunity to celebrate the resurrection of Christ. In this extraordinary – never to be repeated act, Jesus has declared victory over death, sovereignty of God’s plan, and the ultim

DO WE HAVE A COMMON GOAL THIS EASTER Series Part 4 Matthew 28:18-20 Matthew 28:18-20 Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20

Denomination: Baptist

Easter: Do You Believe In The God Of Surprises?

Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Apr 3, 2010

Do you believe in the God of surprises? I do - but there is no way the friends of Jesus expected him to rise from the dead. No way! But the Good News is that he did and it is Good News for all people. Do you believe in the God of surprises?

Do you believe in the God of surprises? Now, let’s be clear, just in case anyone’s not sure. Although The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is one of my favourite books, and one of my favourite films, I know that it’s only make-believe; but just like the parables that Jesus told – the stories he ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Anglican

His Pain Our Gain (Easter 2011)

Contributed by Jeffery Anselmi on Apr 22, 2011

Jesus suffered so we could live!

INTRODUCTION • VIDEO CLIP (2nd service) • SLIDE #1 • This day is unique in the sense that we are celebrating something that changed the course of history and the destiny of mankind forever! • Christians come together not to mourn the death of our leader, but to celebrate the resurrection of our ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:21-25

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Easter - "good Friday" Service

Contributed by Melvin Newland on Mar 24, 2016

This is a dramatic Service based upon some of the “Stations of the Cross.” Partially adapted from a Service originally developed by Richard J. & Charlene E. Fairchild, Version 2.

MELVIN NEWLAND, MINISTER RIDGE CHAPEL, KANSAS, OK THE WAY OF THE CROSS - An Easter Season - "Good Friday" Service (The original concept and some of the wording were adapted from a longer and more detailed dramatic presentation developed by Richard J. & Charlene E. Fairchild. ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 27:11-66, Mark 15:1-47, Luke 23:1-56

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

"The Fullness Of The Empty Tomb" Easter 2016

Contributed by Randy Edwards on Mar 30, 2016

Easter Sunday message

Easter 2016 “The fullness of the empty tomb” The word empty itself often brings feelings of Sadness Despair Fear Disappointment If you have ever been in the middle of nowhere Miles from anything even resembling a town When your gas gage hit empty- the needle on E- maybe a low ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Baptist

What Is Good About Friday? An Easter Message Series

Contributed by Dean Courtier on Apr 1, 2016

Have you ever wondered what is good about Good Friday? What is good about a day that exists to commemorate the torture and execution of Jesus on a cross?

The question to begin: Have you ever wondered what is good about Good Friday? What is good about a day that commemorates the torture and execution of Jesus on a cross? It’s easy to think of Good Friday as a dark day, it was the day Jesus died on the cross for our sins, but it is also a day of ...read more

Denomination: Pentecostal

Because He Lives (Easter Season Of 2006)

Contributed by John Williams Iii on Oct 18, 2022

When they crucified Jesus, His disciples thought it was the end. It was only the beginning. Jesus as we know was resurrected from the dead.

BECAUSE HE LIVES Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 There is one Christian writer who once said, “It’s Friday, but Sunday is coming!” (Tony Compollo). What that means is this, Jesus was crucified and then resurrected from the dead three days later. For those who lack hope and do not believe in the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Denomination: United Methodist

3rd Sunday Of Easter, Year B. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 11, 2021

APRIL 14th, 2024.

Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4:1-8, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36-48. (A) A 'SUFFERING SERVANT' SERMON IN SOLOMON'S PORCH. Acts 3:12-19. The occasion of this Sermon was after the healing of a crippled man who used to sit begging below a gate called ‘Beautiful’ – a huge brass gate which, ...read more

Scripture: Acts 3:12-19, Psalm 4:1-8, 1 John 3:1-7, Luke 24:36-48

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Third Sunday Of Easter--Characteristics Of A Resurrected Body

Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 16, 2021

“When we hear of the holiness of some people, our first reaction is: I knew her when...Between the “then” and the “now” has intervened a battle in which selfishness lost and faith won out.”

A mother proudly told her pastor: "My teenage son has finally learned one bible verse: It's Luke 24, verse 41, from today’s Gospel, where Jesus says to his disciples, “Have you anything here to eat?” Characteristics of a resurrected body to eternal life— 1). St. Thomas Aquinas says that ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:35-48

Denomination: Catholic

4th Sunday Of Easter, Year B. Series

Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Apr 18, 2021

APRIL 21st, 2024.

Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23:1-6, 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18. (A) HEALING, RESURRECTION, AND SALVATION. Acts 4:5-12. There is a parallel between the persecution of Jesus upon the healing of a man ‘blind from birth’ (John 9:1), and the persecution of Peter and John upon the healing of a man ‘lame ...read more

Scripture: Acts 4:5-12, Psalm 23:1-6, 1 John 3:16-24, John 10:11-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational