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  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Fresh Start - Easter

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 5, 2007
    based on 144 ratings
     | 59,371 views

    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

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    Denomination: Baptist

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    God's Easter Gift

    Contributed by Vic Folkert on Apr 5, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,852 views

    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

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

  • Mike Gilbert avatar

    Capturing The Meaning Of Easter Series

    Contributed by Mike Gilbert on Jun 19, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 18,234 views

    Message #3 in sermon series, "Pursuing Victory." Easter Sunday message, focusing on the importance and depth of meaning of Easter and Jesus’ resurrection.

    Series -- Pursuing Victory Message #2: "Capturing the Meaning of Easter" -- How An Empty Tomb Can Fill Our Lives Mt.28:5-6 -- "The angel said to the women, ’Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. He is not here, for He has risen, just as He ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Bob Joyce avatar

    If You Missed Easter ...

    Contributed by Bob Joyce on Aug 3, 2007
    based on 6 ratings
     | 9,280 views

    Surprises related to the Easter story.

    How many of you like surprises? If you are very young, your immediate response is, "Oh, boy! I love surprises!" If you are a little older, you’re probably a little more cautious. You have learned that not all surprises are happy ones. If you missed Easter, I have a surprise for you. I want us ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Charles Goza avatar

    Four Trees Of Easter

    Contributed by Charles Goza on Jan 19, 2010
    based on 14 ratings
     | 15,327 views

    The four significant events in the last week of Jesus' life involved trees and can be likened to spiritual development in our life.

    Four Trees of Easter John 12:12-19 . TREES PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE SCRIPTURE. MANY SIGNIFICANT EVENTS TOOK PLACE UNDER TREES. 1. Sin originated from eating fruit from the Forbidden Tree. 2. The first clothes were leaves from a fig tree. 3. Gen. 18. Under a grove of oak trees God told ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Warner Pidgeon avatar

    Easter: He's Alive!

    Contributed by Warner Pidgeon on Mar 26, 2010
     | 3,940 views

    A short talk (plus a song I wrote in 1987) for the Easter School Assembly at St John's School Billericay, Essex, UK.

    Now I don’t want you to think that I’m hooked on the X-Factor; but … I was thinking this morning about the welcome that the singing contestants get when they go back to visit their Secondary school. Stacey Solomon visited King Solomon High School in Ilford, and when she went on a ...read more

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    Denomination: Anglican

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Empty Promises - Easter

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 31, 2010
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,058 views

    How can God fill you up if you are not empty first? God allows emptiness in your life for one reason - You are empty - Now God has the opportunity to fill you up.

    I was assigned to retrieve box number 673 A. I took my little pink piece of paper with my assignment for the afternoon - find box #673 A, Humana Hospital, February 1970. I had just started to working at this medical file warehouse and so I naively thought that the boss was starting me off slow, I ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Steven Simala Grant avatar

    Easter Sunday 2010

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Apr 7, 2010
    based on 1 rating
     | 16,966 views

    God turns everything upside down, from defeating the power of death, to breaking down our barriers that keep His life and hope out.

    Easter Sunday Apr. 4, 2010 Intro: Video: “Blindness” from sermonspice.com “But then I met Jesus, and He turned everything in my life upside down…” Today is a day of life. We have walked through death, we have stood once again at the cross as Jesus died, but now we ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Ralph Andrus avatar

    The First Words Of Easter

    Contributed by Ralph Andrus on Apr 10, 2010
     | 4,103 views

    The first 7 words by Jesus with emphasis placed on each word … "Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?"

    - Newspaper gives words of advice for Easter The Patriot-News --- Harrisburg, PA PennLive. Com (section) By CHRIS MAUTNER, Tuesday March 30, 2010, 2:23AM Surviving Easter: How To Ensure Your Kids Have A Happy, Fun Holiday The Easter holidays are upon us and no doubt filling excited ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Christopher Martin avatar

    The Good News Of Easter

    Contributed by Christopher Martin on Apr 18, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,503 views

    An Easter sermon preached 4/4/2010 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Big Cove Tannery and Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Little Cove (Late service). It talks about the importance of the resurrection.

    Christ is Risen, He is Risen indeed! Alleluia! These are words that are so ingrained into us as 21st century Christians, that we almost recite them every Easter without much of a thought. Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is. But would you have believed that good news if you were at the empty tomb ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Spencer Homan avatar

    Easter Sunrise Sermon

    Contributed by Spencer Homan on Nov 19, 2009
    based on 11 ratings
     | 18,230 views

    This sermon is for Easter Sunrise... it focuses on the imagery of the rising of the sun/son.

    “A Brand New Day” I ask this morning a very simple question. What is a sunrise? It’s not quite the simple question one might anticipate… for… when you get down to it… how do you actually define a sunrise… how do you pinpoint when a sunrise begins… or for that matter… when it ends? Think about ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

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    The Epic Event - Easter

    Contributed by Clarence Eisberg on Apr 11, 2006
    based on 98 ratings
     | 6,391 views

    The Easter event is the lynchpin of history. God has given us hope for eternal life. In our culture there is a battle for the mind regarding this truth.

    In Jesus Holy Name April 16, 2006 Text: John 20:1-18 Easter Sunday Redeemer “The Epic Event - Easter” If you visited the shopping mall this week end, would your visit there help you understand the meaning of Easter? Our culture definitely has an Easter holiday. You can buy ...read more

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    Denomination: Lutheran

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    An Empty Celebration - Easter

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Apr 13, 2006
    based on 725 ratings
     | 167,228 views

    Jesus made 3 ’Empty Promises’ which give more ful’fill’ment than anything else to mankind today. Link included to Formatted Text, handout, and PowerPoint Presentation.

    An Empty Celebration Philippians 2:5-11 http://gbcdecatur.org/sermons/EmptyCelebration.html Opening ill.--Jeremy was not a normal child. He had a terminal illness which affected both his body and his mind. Still, his parents had tried to give him as normal a life as possible and had sent him to a ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Larry East avatar

    Sunrise Service For Easter

    Contributed by Larry East on Apr 15, 2006
    based on 106 ratings
     | 102,343 views

    This is an Easter sunrise service to celebrate and remember the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb.

    Sunrise Service Northside Christian Church April 16, 2006 John 20:1-9 (NIV) 1 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2 So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the ...read more

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    Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

  • Wes Richard avatar

    Why Celebrate Easter? Series

    Contributed by Wes Richard on Apr 17, 2006
    based on 67 ratings
     | 31,967 views

    I Corinthians 15 provides three reasons to celebrate Easter.

    Last Monday, four couples in this church celebrated wedding anniversaries. Tom & Darlyn reached a special milestone - their 40th. Two weeks ago today, members of their family held a reception here at the church. Their whole family came from near and far for the celebration along with many of ...read more

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    Denomination: Brethren