Preaching on Resurrection of believers? Browse these sermons to find fresh ideas.
Homily for Evan Cheung’s Memorial Service
Author’s Note: On Monday, June 5, 2023, Evan Cheung, a beloved student leader at our church, took his life by suicide. Evan’s parents, Andrew ...
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Heavenly Reality
Introduction
Happy Easter everyone! When you think about the future, how do you feel?
For most of us, when we think about the future, it brings all sorts ...
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Crossed Over
Introduction
(Read John 5:24-25)
A few years ago I was talking to a friend at a coffee shop a couple days before Easter. "I know you aren't much of a churchgoer," ...
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The Key to a Meaningful Life
Introduction
Maybe this is the first time you've ever stepped foot into a church. Or maybe you don't normally go to church unless it's Christmas ...
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The Resurrection Matters—Really Matters!
Introduction
Like many of you, this Easter, I celebrate a radical truth—that Jesus died and rose to pay the price for our failures and affirm he ...
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What Happens When We Die?
Introduction
A few months ago, Google made this announcement:
Not many of us like thinking about death—especially our own. But making plans for what ...
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When the Perfect Comes
Introduction
We have been going through 1 Corinthians, chapters 12 through 14, and we have been studying the Holy Spirit and spiritual gifts. We saw the ...
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Single in Christ
Today's scripture passage comes from Isaiah 56:1-7:
Thus says the Lord: "Keep justice and do righteousness, for soon my salvation will come and ...
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The World's Greatest Step
The story behind the sermon (from John Ortberg):
For Easter I wanted to present some of N. T. Wright's material on the Resurrection. I love his work on ...
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Death Is Life
From the editor:
Easter draws closer and closer (April 4), and we're here to help out with sermon ideas to inspire you in your own preaching. This week ...
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Worth Your Attention
From the editor
More helpful resources for Easter! This week we're featuring a message from Mike Woodruff, pastor of Christ Church Lake Forest in Lake ...
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The Last Enemy
From the editor:
This week we continue to roll out great Easter resources to help inspire ideas for your own preaching. Below is a sermon by Donald Sunukjian ...
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Easter: The Benefits Package
From the editor:
This week we are featuring Leith Anderson's Easter sermon from 2009 to help inspire ideas for your own sermon for Easter 2010. As you ...
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If God Is Great, Where Is He in World of Suffering?
Introduction
Of all the reasons for rejecting the claims of Christianity, the one most frequently offered comes in the form of a question: "If God is so ...
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If God Is Great, Where Is He in a World of Suffering?
Text: Matthew 27:27-46
Topic: Dealing with the reality of suffering
From the editor
Easter really isn't that far away—April 4, 2010—so we'll ...
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Life After Victory
Introduction
Early in his career, the great American playwright Eugene O'Neill wrote an imaginative play called "Lazarus Laughed" about Lazarus's life ...
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It Doesn't Sting Anymore
Introduction
Tony Campolo, at the end of a sermon titled, "The Year of Jubilee," tells this story:
I went to my first black funeral when I was 16 years ...
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When the Seeds Come Up
Introduction
Someone hearing for the first time that the dead will be raised—physically—from the grave could easily picture something from ...
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It All Comes Down to This
Introduction
Bodies are a pain. I know a body can be beautiful. I saw Baryshnikov dance once. And I have held babies. And I agree with the psalmist: "I ...
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Not in Vain
Introduction
I was talking to a friend the other day. "I know you aren't much of a churchgoer," I said, "but I'd like to invite you to church this Sunday ...
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The Trumpet Call of God
From the editor
Eschatological issues have always been intriguing, but the interest has both widened and deepened in the last 25 years or so. Bestselling ...
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Drop Your Agenda
Introduction
By the end of Luke's narrative of Jesus' life, opposition from the religious leaders is mounting, and Jesus' popularity among the people is ...
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The Greatest Sermon
I want to lift up what I believe to be the greatest Christian sermon ever preached on this earth. Now I'm not referring to the sermons of our Lord or ...
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Who Wants to Live Forever?
The resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead is an announcement of life for everyone who believes in him. It is life that can truly be called eternal ...
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