Sermons on Easter Promises:

Saved Before Easter

Contributed by Ronald Keller on Apr 13, 2003

A sermon, for Palm Sunday, Good Friday, or Easter, explaining that the THIEF ON THE CROSS was saved by faith alone.

INTRODUCTION On a never to be forgotten day, while a mob of bloodthirsty, mocking Jews, Romans, and other Gentiles looked on, three men were nailed to three crosses on a hill then known as "Golgotha(which means The Place of the Skull.)(Matthew 27:33)" Today, most Christians refer to the hill as ...read more

Scripture: Luke 23:38-43

Denomination: Nazarene

Easter- The Power Of The Cross

Contributed by George Rennau on Apr 17, 2003

All those who reject the message of the cross are lost and dying and headed for judgement, but there is still time, JESUS will save all those who come to Him through the Power of the Cross

Easter - THE POWER OF THE CROSS INTRODUCTION: Have you heard of the book called “The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook?” It’s a survival manual, based on interviews with experts (You can view this book online at Amazon.com) Here are some of the subjects covered in the book: • How to ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17-18

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The Easter Story: What It Is

Contributed by Andrew Chan on Apr 20, 2003

The truth about what Easter is and it’s effect on us - 1. payment 2. assessment 3. love’s revelation 4. commitment 5. assurance

The Easter Story: what it is 1 Peter 1:18-21 A couple of F-15’s are escorting a C-130 Hercules, and their pilots are chatting with the pilot of the transport to pass the time. Talk comes around to the relative merits of their respective aircraft. The fighter pilots contend that their airplanes ...read more

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:18-21

Denomination: Evangelical Free

How To Prepare For Easter

Contributed by Bob Hostetler on Mar 13, 2002

A different kind of Palm Sunday message, one that looks forward to Easter

How to Prepare for Easter Scripture: Luke 19:28-44, Matthew 21:1-11 We all prepare for things in our own ways. For example, Gary Manka exercises 6 days a week for about ninety minutes. His routine starts with prayer, followed by a lengthy set of stretching exercises. He says sometimes ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-44, Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:28

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Easter Changes Everything

Contributed by Ben Mandrell on Mar 19, 2008

Easter expository sermon that highlights the beauty of heaven and the hope we have in the future.

Easter Changed Everything Revelation 22:1-5 Englewood Baptist Church Easter Morning, March 23, 2008 I was born and raised in the North. I went to kindergarten in the North, then elementary school, then high school, and then college. The first 22 years of my life were spent in Northern States. ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 22:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Easter Preach-Off

Contributed by Preston Brown on Mar 20, 2008

A story that telss the big story. A very unusual type sermon but one that my congregation responded to very well

Easter Preach-Off The message that I will preach today is likely one of the most unusual you will ever hear me preach. I generally am the kind of preacher that uses a title and an outline and I usually try to stay somewhere near a homiletical style of preaching. You know 3 or 4 points and poem, ...read more

Scripture: 1 John 4:8-10

Denomination: Holiness

The First Easter Evangelists Series

Contributed by Victor Yap on Apr 4, 2007

Easter

THE FIRST EASTER EVANGELISTS (LUKE 24:1-12) A Catholic sister, Sister Chris Schenk, was shocked when she was told in a theology class that Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. Then Schenk learned there were efforts to restore the reputation of Mary of Magdalene by an organization called FutureChurch, ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:1-12

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Fresh Start - Easter

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 5, 2007

The Resurrection was the ultimate turnaround! This message is for many who have fallen and need to ’rise up.’ We can have a clean slate, a new plan, & a fresh start! Link included to formatted text, audio, and PowerPoint Presentation.

Fresh Start Proverbs 24:16 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/FreshStart.html A fresh start or a new beginning - it’s something we all need from time to time. So this Easter, as we revisit the greatest turnaround ever (Jesus’ victory over death), let’s do so not only looking at what happened that day, ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 24:16, Genesis 1:1

Denomination: Baptist

God's Easter Gift

Contributed by Vic Folkert on Apr 5, 2007

Easter sermon focusing on the gift (grace) of righteousness and life

God’s Easter Gift Romans 5:12-21 (The message was preceeded by "Amazing Grace/Your Grace Is Enough.") What does Easter mean to you? (Illus: I have a friend who was not raised in a Christian home. He had a hard time figuring out why they celebrated the holiday.) For the Apostle Paul, Easter ...read more

Scripture: Romans 5:12-21

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Easter Son-Rise Series

Contributed by William Akehurst on Apr 7, 2007

EASTER SON-RISE A message for Easter. The hope we have in the resurrection, in Christ. This Easter Sunday is the first day of the rest of your life. Jesus wants it to be the first day of the rest of your ETERNAL life.

EASTER SON-RISE A message for Easter. The hope we have in the resurrection, in Christ. This Easter Sunday is the first day of the rest of your life. Jesus wants it to be the first day of the rest of your eternal life. Scriptures Referenced Dramatic Reading: Matthew 27:50-51, 54-66 Matthew ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Easter - Experience It!

Contributed by Brian Black on Apr 12, 2007

An Easter sermon challenging people to not just acknowledge and celebrate Easter, but to experience the life changing power of the resurrection.

Easter means different things to different people. For some it’s about bunnies and eggs – completely secular. For others, it’s about family get-togethers – represents comfort and the warmth of home. And to a few, it’s just another day – completely atheistic . . . God is not involved. But to ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:5-14

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"The Meaning Of Easter"

Contributed by Andy Grossman on Apr 20, 2011

Talks about why we celebrate Easter.

Resurrection Sunday – 2011 April 24, 2011 John 20:1-18 I woke up this week thinking about Easter and what it all meant. Easter marks the end of Lent, which is a forty-day period of fasting and prayer for a lot of people. The last week of Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains Palm ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Holiness

The Larger Message Of Easter

Contributed by James ( Jim ) Highland on Apr 13, 2012

Placing the Easter Message in the larger context of the Gospel.

The Larger Message of Easter I Cor. 15:1-8 The first recorded action of the resurrected Jesus, outside of His appearances and guidance of the early Christian believer, was to a man named Saul. He was a brilliant Jewish scholar and an aggressive authority trying to stamp out this new group of ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

Denomination: Baptist

Awakening - Easter Sunday

Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on May 9, 2012

Jesus rose triumphant over the grave so that we could live fully awake and in response, He asks us to awaken to Him, His Kingdom, His power, His purpose, His will.

Awakening April 8, 2012 Easter Sunday For now we see in a mirror, dimly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know only in part; then I will know fully, even as I have been fully known. (1 Cor 13:12, NRSV) Yesterday I went for a brief walk, having been sick these past few days I was feeling ...read more

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12

Denomination: Baptist

Breakthrough To Victory (Easter) Series

Contributed by Brad Bailey on Jul 17, 2009

Easter message. For all of us… it is the climatic conclusion to a story that we all know something about. For no figure has had a greater impact on our civilization than Jesus… the Christ. His teachings… treatment… proved to have a power that is tra

When you’re reading a great book it builds anticipation for the last chapter… for how it finishes. When you see a story in the form of a movie… you can feel it moving towards a climax that will help you understand it all. Today we come to the last chapter… the final scene in the ultimate ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-20

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational