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In our Journey Toward Easter, we are entering the fourth week in our spiritual pilgrimage through the Seven Words of Jesus from the Cross. This week’s saying is found in Matthew’s Gospel, and is known as The Word of Anguish. Matthew 27:45-54 From 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon, Calvary had been a very busy place.…

THE STEPS OF A KING The Crucifixion Why is it that the Easter Season and Tax season always happen at the same time? President Herbert Hoover was the first President to give his salary back to the government. Now the government would like everybody to do it. A fool and his money are soon parted. The rest…

Sermon: “Fear That Ends in Peace” 2nd Sunday after Easter Sermon: “Fear end in Peace” Scripture: John 20: 19-31 Prepared by Carl Schaefer For Grace United Methodist Church April 15, 2007 Disciples fled the Garden in Fear; Record shows that Peter denied Christ; Only Gospel of John puts himself at the…

What a beautiful sunrise crested the trees today. Today is the day that we just want to feel the statement the angel made to Mary and the others - He is Risen! That is what Easter is all about - celebrating a risen Savior. I am thrilled that you are here today but as we look at the Easter story I want…

Text: Luke 24:1-9 Intro: The relationship between this story and the reason that the Church worships on the "first day of the week" rather then the Sabbath. Easter sets the "tone" for all the Sundays of the year. First day of the week" = (V1) "First day not bound by religion They had a burning desire…

Reading: Luke 24:1-12 They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. Luke 24:2-3 (NIV) I. God Unlocks death’s prison A. This was a One Way door 1. Everybody dies (unless the Lord returns first) a. Few even think about this (or want…

April 8, 2007 DBC Easter Sunday’s Coming! Luke 24-47 ©Pastor Jerry Branch, 2007 **Video clip (Sunday’s Comin’)(Igniter Media Group) What did Jesus accomplish on our behalf? After seeing the pictorial dramatization of the events leading up to Easter, does the Easter Message end with the empty tomb of…

“I Have Seen the Lord!” In 1999, an unpleasant visitor came into my household—his name was death. Eight years ago, the body that gave me birth became lifeless. I learned to sigh deeply, to clutch to fading memories, to weep instantly in uncomfortable places and at uncomfortable times. I learned death…