Sermons on Tomb Empty:

Peace Be With You

Contributed by David Richardson on Apr 5, 2007

Easter Sunday, evening message, 2007

Title: Peace be with you. Scripture: Luke 24:36-39 While they were still talking about this, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." 37 They were startled and frightened, thinking they saw a ghost. 38 He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts rise in ...read more

Scripture: Luke 24:36-39

Denomination: Calvary Chapel

"Ghosts In The Graveyard"

Contributed by Ken Sauer on Oct 9, 2011

Jesus crosses borders to bring peace and salvation.

Mark 5:1-20 “Ghosts in the Graveyard” Here is a rather eerie story. In Chapter 4:35 we are told that it was in the late evening that Jesus and His disciples set sail across the lake to the “region of the Gerasenes.” And, on the way they had gotten caught in a ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-20

Denomination: United Methodist

Resurrection Power Series

Contributed by C Jordan on Apr 4, 2010

What if... Jesus really did rise from the dead? And what if... we can know Him in the power of His resurrection? When we personally encounter His resurrection power, everything changes.

EASTER SUNDAY – RESURRECTION POWER THE APOSTLE’S CREED: I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died ...read more

Scripture: Philippians 3:10

Denomination: *other

Sadness To Joy

Contributed by Bill Butsko on Apr 9, 2009

Trials and tribulations may bring sorrow, but Jesus brings us joy.

Text: Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to Him, “Rabboni!” (which is to say, Teacher). Seven days before the resurrection, there were shouts of joy along the road from Jericho to Jerusalem. The crowd recognized Jesus as King and gave Him the glory that He so deserved. The people ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Christian Church

Resurrection & Ascension (Mark 16)

Contributed by I. Grant Spong on Sep 14, 2024

Do we choose to believe or doubt? Let's look at Mark 16.

Who did Jesus meet after His resurrection? What will happen to whoever believes and is baptized? What did the disciples do after Jesus ascended to heaven? Are we continuing that legacy? Let’s find out in Mark 16. What happened after sunset, when the Sabbath ended, and the following Sunday morning ...read more

Denomination: Baptist

A Man Is Serious Trouble.

Contributed by Dr.w.samuel Legon on Aug 20, 2020

A man bound set free by the Master.

A Man is serious trouble. We can look around see a number of people in this shape. People may not live among the tombs but they act like a mad man. Mark 5: 1 And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. 2 And when he was come out of the ship, immediately ...read more

Scripture: Mark 5:1-5

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

Bible Proofs From Archaeology

Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Jun 13, 2006

True faith doesn’t require science to agree, but we shouldn’t be surprised that so much of it DOES! Here’s a look at some of what man has ’dug up’ in recent years. Link included to formatted text and a very necessary PowerPoint Presentation.

Bible Proofs from Archaeology Acts 1:3 ----- [Please go to the link at the very bottom in order to see the ’very necessary’ PowerPoint slideshow used to present these facts with.] ----- Jesus’ existence and resurrection can be proven, and we’ve looked at that in other messages. So what about ...read more

Scripture: Acts 1:3

Denomination: Baptist

Some People Can Be Bought

Contributed by Doug Fannon on Apr 30, 2019

Sunday after Easter. After the Resurrection, now what? Is possible for someone to witness it all yet be bought off to deny it all?

There is an unfortunate truth which abounds in our current culture, people would rather believe a lie, a boldface lie, than the truth, especially if the truth is inconvenient or the truth would cost us in any way, whether it would be money, or in our personal perception of freedoms. Jesus once ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 28:11-15

Denomination: Baptist

The Reason To Believe

Contributed by Charlie Roberts on Apr 12, 2020

All of them failed in comparison as to the miracle Mary had already seen and the one of the risen Saviour, that was standing in front of them...

The Reason to Believe Happy Resurrection day everybody! I want to talk to you this morning about the resurrection of our Savior and Lord Jesus. And the miracle of what happened resurrection morning. What makes it possible for us to believe resurrection morning really did happen is our faith! ...read more

Scripture: John 20:3-20, Hebrews 11:6

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

A Risen Redeemer Series

Contributed by Glenn Pease on Mar 28, 2021

We want to consider the great story of the resurrection from the point of view of two groups of people. Both groups are believers, but Mark's account first deals with the experience of the women, and then of the men.

Back in 1851 two missionaries, one English and the other American, were walking past the temple of Siva in Tanjore, India. They noticed the people carrying out one of the brass idols. It was a hot sunny day and the idol had become heated. One of the worshippers happened to touch it, and ...read more

Scripture: Mark 16:1-14

The Resurrection Man

Contributed by David Moore on Mar 20, 2008

This is a simple Easter sermon presenting Christ as the Resurrection and Life.

The Resurrection Man Aim: To show that Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Text: John 20:1-2 Introduction: There is a very fascinating and macabre story in the news this week. Michael Mastromarino, a New Jersey dentist pleaded guilty on Tuesday to bodysnatching. Apparently he ran a huge ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-2

Denomination: Baptist

Dead Man Talking

Contributed by Dan Cormie on Apr 12, 2009

An Easter message focusing on what Jesus said and did after he rose from the dead.

Dakota Community Church April 12, 2009 Dead Man Talking John 20:1-18 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. So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus ...read more

Scripture: John 20:1-18

Denomination: Mennonite

Proofs Of The Resurrection Series

Contributed by Jeff Kautz on Dec 28, 2018

Peter's Sermon on the Resurrection

The 1st Sermon-Proofs of the Resurrection Acts 2:25-36 Lessons From The Early Church Ill-Four hundred years before the birth of Christ, Socrates, the renowned Greek Philosopher, drank the poison hemlock and lay down to die. “Shall we live again?” his friends asked. The dying philosopher could ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:25-36

Denomination: Baptist

Unbind Him

Contributed by David Dunn on Oct 19, 2025

Jesus calls the dead to life; the church removes the grave clothes. Revival begins when love sets the living truly free.

“Unbind Him and Let Him Go” The crowd gasped. What they saw could not be explained, only believed. Lazarus stood there blinking in the daylight of mercy, wrapped head to toe in the fabric of his own funeral. He was alive—but still bound. And Jesus said, “Unbind him, and let him go.” I love ...read more

Scripture: Romans 6:4, John 11:43-44, John 5:28-29, Ephesians 1:19-20, 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Seventh-Day Adventist