[We are reading this morning from God’s Word the remarks of the apostle Paul to the Christians in Corinth, chapter 15 of his first letter vv. 1-20. This is not an account of the resurrection such as you have in the four gospels at the end of…
I want to direct your attention to some verses from the early chapters of the Book of Acts. Acts comes right after the four gospels, each of which tells the story of the Lord’s birth, life, ministry, death and resurrection. Acts carries that story…
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I invite your attention to 1 Corinthians 15. We are reading the first twenty verses of the chapter. Those of you who know your Bible know that this is the New Testament’s great chapter on the subject of the resurrection. Pau…
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It is obvious that this is the same appearance that is also recorded in John 20:19-23. John adds the detail, important as we shall see, that the disciples had locked the doors for fear of the Jews.
Our primary in…
I draw your attention to the fourth book of the New Testament, the fourth of the four Gospels, the Gospel of John, and to the 20th chapter, the last chapter but one in that great book. We are reading just vv. 24-31, the final verses of the chapte…
Acts 3:1-16 Acts 4:1-4 We are reading from Acts 3:1-16, the second volume of Luke’s early church history, the Gospel the first volume and the book of Acts the second, Acts carrying the story on from the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ to the establishment of the Christian church. Text Comment v.6 “In the […]
Download audio Download text Luke 24:1-12 None of the four Gospels describes the resurrection itself, which in the event no one saw. That is striking evidence of the historical seriousness of these narratives. They speak only of what people actually witnessed. Nothing is concocted as it would have been in a fabricated story. All four […]
Download audio Ephesians 2:1-10 Download sermon In these beautiful verses Paul is telling the story of the Ephesian Christians, many of whom became Christians in the middle of life. He isn’t giving details, of course; everyone’s life story was at least somewhat different; everyone didn’t become a Christian in exactly the same way. In some […]
Download audio Luke 24:1-12 Download sermon v.1 Remember, there were no chapter divisions in Luke’s original, so we would have just read about the women preparing to do this at the end of our chapter 23. The resurrection is always in the Gospels said to have occurred on “the first day of the week.” That […]
Download Audio Download Text “Why Me?” Matthew 28:16-20 April 1, 2018, Easter Morning The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn These few verses that form the finale of the Gospel of Matthew are what are known to Christians as “The Great Commission.” It is this passage supremely that has provided the Christian church with its […]