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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
"To ransom a slave you gave away your Son.” So great a Redeemer!
Credit for this sermon largely comes from Dynamic Preaching magazine! 1). Here's a line from the Exsultet, the powerful hymn of praise and thanksgiving that we just heard (at the Easter Vigil): “This is the night, when Jesus broke the chains of death and rose triumphant from the grave.” At ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-9, Colossians 3:1-4
Denomination: Catholic
Is there only one way to share our faith? Or can a baseball player, a prostitute and a shoe shop owner teach us something of the variety of ways out there. Preached Easter Sunday 2018 at St Barnabas Northolt Park
..................... A former crazy woman. Possibly… probably(?).... a prostitute Would this be an obvious person to pick as an evangelist? “Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples “I have seen the Lord” and she went and told them that he had said these things to her” (John 20:18) I ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-18, Luke 1:39-45, Acts 8:26-40, John 1:35-51
Denomination: Anglican
La Resurrección del Señor
Un señor llama a una casa y le contesta una señora: ¿Aló? ¿Ya llegó Julio allí? No, disculpe, pero aquí todavía estamos en mayo. En una iglesia en Bangladesh, se mostraba una película sobre la vida, muerte y resurrección de Jesús ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-9
Faith is a response to the evidence of and the relationship with Jesus
We are in the middle of our Glass Houses Lenten series. We have been sharing a lot of information about our faith and trying in this season of repentance not to judge. It has been an incredible learning time for all of us. The title of the series comes from the old saying about judgment; “People in ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-18, John 1:38, John 14:10-12
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
John emphasizes that the Word was made flesh, and pitched His tent among us, in His Gospel, chapter 1.
December 27, 2018 Feast of St. John the Evangelist Every human movement begins with high ideals preached by an effective communicator. Thus Luther began by noticing and preaching against the corruption he saw in Rome. Our democratic republic took its original light from Thomas Paine. Jefferson and ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 1:1-4, John 1:14-16, John 20:1-8
beauty can be found in emptiness.
“The Beauty of an Empty Tomb” John 20:1-20 At the height of operation Desert Storm, about 25 years ago, parents and loved ones received some of the worst news possible. I recently read the story of one family whose son had been sent into battle-and they received news that his life had been taken. ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-20
Denomination: Baptist
Believing in the unbelievable is almost impossible unless you serve an unbelievably Great God!
Please open your Bibles to John 20:1-18 which we will read in a few minutes. Do you trust the Bible? Do you believe the Bible? When the Bible says that Jesus: - Was born of a virgin … do you believe it - Lived a sinless life … do you believe it - Performed miraculous signs pointing to His deity, ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-18, Luke 23:55-56, John 19:38-42, Luke 1:1-4, 1 John 1:1-4, Romans 10:9-10, John 3:16-18, Matthew 22:37-38 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Nazarene
The dictionary defines the word “superlatives” as “an expression of the highest degree of something.” The Easter story is full of superlatives. This sermon examines three of them.
Superlatives of the Easter Story Chuck Sligh April 1, 2018 NOTE: A PowerPoint presentation is available for this sermon by request at chucksligh@hotmail.com. TEXT: Please turn in your Bibles to John 20. INTRODUCTION Illus. – A little boy had a tendency to exaggerate things in order to get ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-18, Luke 7:37-50
Easter message focusing on Paul and Mary Magdelene
Easter 2018 April 1, 2018 No Fooling . . . Jesus Rose! Maybe you’re one of the people who struggle with believing it. Maybe this crazy kind of miracle is out of your realm of believing and thinking. I’m with you. It sounds totally crazy and implausible. There are tons of theories about the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:17-19, 1 Corinthians 15:32-34, John 20:1-16
John was able to look at the evidence of Jesus resurrection and go away with the seeds of an Easter faith. All of us need to strive for this way of seeing.
John 20:1-9 Note: This sermon accepts the centuries old view that John was the “other” disciple. ****** The other day Pat and I walked into one of the busiest malls in central Ohio where we were greeted with a sign announcing the mall would be closed on Sunday, March 27th. While ...read more
A sermon for Easter Sunday.
"The Resurrection and the Life" John 20:1-18 Mary Magdalene stood outside the tomb crying. Mary had been one of Jesus' closest followers. You see, Jesus had many more followers than just the 12 disciples. There were a number of women who were part of His ministry as well--part of His inner ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-18
Denomination: United Methodist
Whatever it feels like, even if you haven't noticed yet - it is a happy Easter!
.................................................................................................................................................. “When it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, … The doors of the house where the disciples had met were locked for fear of the ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-19
I need to define my belief and make sure it is on a foundation and I need to make sure the foundation is solid. David said, “If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalms 11:3).
John 20:1-11 David Wilkerson was a very simple country pastor in Eastern Pennsylvania when God called him to the inner city of New York City and preach the gospel. Wilkerson’s experience had nothing in common with those young people he was trying to reach. He could not identify with them, as ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-11
Denomination: Christian Missionary Alliance
This sermon focuses on the meaning of the Resurrection for our lives today.
BECAUSE HE LIVES JOHN 20:1-18 MARCH 27, 2016 RESURRECTION SUNDAY, YEAR C HARRISBURG, AR FARM HILL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH INTRO. Gloria Gaither tells the story of how the song, “Because He Lives,” was written: “I am a wife and a mother. It was in the middle of the upheaval ...read more
The empty tomb produces confusion yet, despite the confusion, Jesus is still at work. When we have confusion keep trusting in the work of Jesus.
Message John 20:1-10 “Confusion Reigns” A good word which describes the first Easter Long Weekend is Confusion There is the confusion of the temple leaders, elders and teachers. They are face to face with the promised Messiah, yet they want him killed. There is the confusion of the crowd. One ...read more
Scripture: John 20:1-10
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