Tag: Resurrection of Jesus
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Telling The Same Old Story – A Sermon On Matthew 28:1-10 For Easter Sunday
Alleluia. Christ is risen. That’s what I said to you last Easter, the one before that, and the one before that. It’s what I’ve said to you for the last eighteen Easters. Every year it’s the same. It never changes. And I got nothing new to say to you today. Every year we come to Read more
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Giving Existence To More Life – A Sermon On John 21:1-19
Jesus’ resurrection is a call insisting you and I give existence to more life, whether for ourselves or another. We are the ones to continue the story of resurrection. We are the ones to give concrete existence to resurrection. Read more
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The Two Questions Of Easter – An Easter Sermon On Mark 16:1-8
Easter is not just something from the past to be looked at and celebrated. It is the lens through which we are to see everything. It’s a life to be lived. Getting Jesus out of the tomb is not the ultimate goal of Easter. Easter is about our new life. That means that today is… Read more
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Good Morning. Now Go Home. – An Easter Sunday Sermon on Matthew 28:1-10
I sometimes wonder if we have for so long so over-emphasized the uniqueness of Jesus’ resurrection that we have either forgotten or are unable to believe that there is only life. I wonder if we make such a big deal out of Easter Sunday that we are no longer able to see that everyday life… Read more
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Struggling to Believe the Resurrection, John 20:19-31
“Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” That one sentence has left Thomas forever labeled Doubting Thomas. That’s the Thomas with whom we are most familiar. Maybe, however, there’s another side Read more
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“You are Witnesses” – A Sermon on Luke 24:36-48; Easter 3B
The collect and readings for the Third Sunday of Easter may be found here. The following sermon is based on Luke 24:36-48. It’s not enough that the tomb is empty. It’s not enough to proclaim, “Christ is risen!” It’s not enough to believe in the resurrection. At some point we have to move from the Read more
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Seen and Touched – A Sermon on John 20:19-31 for the Second Sunday of Easter
The collect and readings for the Second Sunday of Easter may be found here. The following sermon is based on John 20:19-31. I’m not exactly sure why, because I usually say no, but yesterday I agreed to participate in a telephone survey about politics. In response to one of the demographics questions I said that Read more
Interrupting the Silence 