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  • Paul Andrew avatar

    Easter: "Show Me Your Resurrection.”

    Contributed by Paul Andrew on Apr 5, 2025
     | 471 views

    “You say you are people of the Resurrection. Show me your resurrection.”

    [humor] I heard a kid say, "What I like best about Easter time is the candy and Jesus not being' dead anymore!" In his book “Living Buddha, Living Christ,” Thich Nhat Hanh remarks to a visiting Christian: “You say you are people of the Resurrection. Show me your resurrection.”1 ...read more

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    Denomination: Catholic

  • Thomas Wilson avatar

    Easter Sunday, Christ Has Risen!

    Contributed by Thomas Wilson on Apr 7, 2023
     | 1,621 views

    Without darkness, there can be no light.

    Can you think of your darkest moment in life, perhaps it was some time ago, perhaps it was just recent or maybe your darkest moment in life is happening to you right now. Whatever and whenever your darkest moment arises, be assured you will come through and see the light and that’s a promise that ...read more

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    Denomination: Congregational

  • Bruce Lee avatar

    Dancing In The Streets

    Contributed by Bruce Lee on Mar 15, 2016
    based on 5 ratings
     | 10,534 views

    There was Dancing in the Streets the week of Jesus' Triumphant entry. Some danced because of hope for salvation. Some danced because He would be arrested and crucified. Let there be dancing in the streets but let it be for the Glorious Day of the Lord.

    Dancing in the Streets “Get rid of the old yeast, so that you may be a new unleavened batch—as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.” 1 Corinthians 5:7 NIV Intro: The triumphant entry of Jesus into Jerusalem to celebrate his last Passover is a point ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Judith Hand avatar

    Easter Message: A Woman’s Report

    Contributed by Judith Hand on Apr 15, 2011
    based on 6 ratings
     | 8,746 views

    The scrpture’s account in John chapter 20 of when Mary Magdalene encountered the living Christ at the tomb that first Easter morning.

    Easter Message Scripture passages: Acts 10:34-43 Colossians 3:1-4 A WOMAN’S REPORT John 20:1-18 Acts 10: 34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism 35 but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Michael McCartney avatar

    Breakthrough From The Grave - Easter Sunday! Series

    Contributed by Michael Mccartney on Apr 10, 2020
     | 8,965 views

    The truth of Easter is there - aint no grave that can hold Jesus down and if He walked out of the grave so can we walk out of the grave!

    Video Illustration: What Easter is All About – Skit Guys! Life can begin again is the truth shouting from the empty tomb of Jesus today. Jesus’s resurrection proves that life can begin again and that your seemingly dead or lifeless life can be brought back to life. Easter is all about Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christian Cheong avatar

    What Difference Does Easter Make?

    Contributed by Christian Cheong on Mar 30, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 7,362 views

    Easter shows that Jesus is who He claimed to be, He has the power He claimed to have, and He does what He promised to do. Our past can be forgiven, our present can be managed and our future is secured.

    What does Easter mean? Why does it matter to me? • Millions of people celebrate Easter today, all around the world. • How is it that something that happened more than 2000 years ago is significant today? What does it mean? • There are even people who never go to church and yet ...read more

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    Denomination: Independent/Bible

  • Peter Loughman avatar

    Easter - Dead Men Tell No Tales Series

    Contributed by Peter Loughman on Mar 20, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 4,901 views

    What’s done is done, we cannot change our past - but through the power of the Lord Jesus Christ we can rise up and live again, we can become whole, we can be redeemed.

    Everyone had failed him. There was betrayal, denial, abandonment, and the results were catastrophic: Jesus had suffered an excruciating beating, He was forcibly driven through the city to a rock outcropping called, “The Skull” and left to die naked on a cross. For days Jesus lay decaying in a ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Christopher Holdsworth avatar

    A Hymn To The Mercy Of God

    Contributed by Christopher Holdsworth on Nov 4, 2013
    based on 5 ratings
     | 8,055 views

    The correct response to the love of God, is to put our trust “under the shadow of His wings”.

    A HYMN TO GOD’S MERCY. Psalm 36:5-10. This beautiful meditation on the excellence of God’s loving-kindness, is encompassed within an oracle concerning the transgression of the wicked. Like a beautiful portrait set against a dark and gloomy background, the centrepiece is highlighted by the use of ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Jerry Shirley avatar

    Unfinished Business

    Contributed by Jerry Shirley on Mar 15, 2005
    based on 86 ratings
     | 12,583 views

    Just before Calvary, Christ had Unfinished Business to attend to. But He said from the Cross, "It Is Finished!"-Complete Redemption, Complete Regeneration, Complete Revelation, a Complete Rapture, and Complete Repentance. Powerpoint template at website.

    Unfinished Business? John 19:30 Powerpoint for this and hundreds more free sermons at our website: http://www.gbcdecatur.org/sermons/UnfinishedBusiness.html "When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, IT IS FINISHED: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost."--John ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Tim Smith avatar

    Crossroads Series

    Contributed by Tim Smith on May 28, 2015
     | 9,595 views

    The cross. It always brings us to a crossroad. A crossroad is where you have to decide to go one way or the other. As difficult as it might have been, a choice has to be made and whatever commitment you make today determines your life tomorrow

    Crossroads 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 Two water towers have always served as landmarks for travelers heading for their homes near Wauconda, IL but especially at the holidays.
More than 40 years ago, John Kuester, then village police chief, suggested mounting lit large twin crosses on the towers to ...read more

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    Denomination: Methodist

  • Ajai Prakash avatar

    Palms Or Passion?

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Mar 12, 2008
    based on 7 ratings
     | 7,262 views

    Two thousand years ago the crowd desired Jesus to do something spectacular in Jerusalem. There are many today who would want see Jesus do something awesome or miraculous, maybe raise a dead man before taking a step to acknowledge Him as their King and Lo

    Illustration: “Hey sanna, ho sanna, sanna, sanna, hey sanna, ho sanna sanna sanna , ho sanna, hey sanna, Hey, hey JC, JC won’t you smile at me. Jesus Christ, if you’re divine, turn my water into wine. Prove to me that you’re no fool. Walk across my swimming pool. Hey sanna, ho sanna, sanna, ...read more

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    Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

  • Rick Crandall avatar

    Easter Can Change Everything For You! Series

    Contributed by Rick Crandall on May 25, 2023
     | 2,124 views

    This Easter God wants to give you... 1. Truth worth trusting (vs. 5-6). 2. A new life worth living (vs. 6-8). 3. The Lord worth loving (vs. 9). 4. The story worth sharing (vs. 7, 10). 5. The future worth finding (vs. 7, 10).

    Easter Can Change Everything for You! The Gospel of Matthew Matthew 28:1-10 Sermon by Rick Crandall (Prepared May 25, 2023) MESSAGE: *How are you doing this morning? By God’s grace we are able to be here today. And I’ve got to say: you look good. Some of us have on new clothes, and you look good. ...read more

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    Denomination: Baptist

  • Mark Woolsey avatar

    0504 Easter Iv: The Holy Spirit Series

    Contributed by Mark Woolsey on Aug 4, 2005
    based on 13 ratings
     | 3,581 views

    Today we hear about that most mysterious and misunderstood One of the Godhead, the "shy" member of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit.

    Sermon: The Holy Spirit Text: John 16:5-15 Occasion: Easter IV Who: Mark Woolsey Where: Arbor House When: Sunday, Apr 24, 2005 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. In the name of the Father, and of the ...read more

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    Denomination: Episcopal/Anglican

  • Dr John Singarayar SVD avatar

    Life In Abundance (Fourth Sunday Of Easter)

    Contributed by Dr John Singarayar Svd on Jun 20, 2020
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,548 views

    I have come so that you may have life, life in abundance. How do I have abundant life or fullness of life?

    Reflection I have come so that you may have life, life in abundance. How do I have abundant life or fullness of life? We can understand the fullness of life in two senses in today’s readings (John 10:1-10). A. As a shepherd, and B. As a sheep. A. As a Shepherd: I receive the fullness ...read more

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    Denomination: Other

  • Rick Gillespie- Mobley avatar

    Celebrate: What A Difference Easter Makes

    Contributed by Rick Gillespie- Mobley on Mar 28, 2016
    based on 2 ratings
     | 13,555 views

    Christians have a reason to celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, because it is the defining moment of Christianity.

    Celebrate: What A Difference Easter Makes 3/27/2016 Luke 24:1-12 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 Our video reminds us that the heart of Christianity is not on Good Friday, but on the Sunday that is coming. We all need Jesus Christ to die for our sins on the cross, but the resurrection of Jesus ...read more

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    Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed