Category Archives : Easter

Readings from the Church Fathers

This entry was posted in Easter on April 4, 2021 by Rev. Steven Nicoletti.

Video: Audio: Download Audio Following an FPC tradition, Pastor Nicoletti reads three Easter sermons from great Christians throughout history, having the congregation guess the author of each one. CCLI Copyright License 751114; CCLI Streaming License CSPL116892

A Tale of Four Gardens, John 19:40-20:18

This entry was posted in Easter John (Nicoletti) on April 4, 2021 by Rev. Steven Nicoletti.

Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “A Tale of Four Gardens” John 19:40-20:18 April 4, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti Here at our church we have been going through the Gospel of John. John was one of Jesus’s closest followers during his earthly ministry. He knew Jesus personally. He […]

Readings on the Resurrection of Christ

This entry was posted in Easter on April 12, 2020 by Rev. Steven Nicoletti.

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Groaning for Resurrection, Romans 8:18-34

This entry was posted in Easter on April 12, 2020 by Rev. Steven Nicoletti.

Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Groaning for Resurrection” Romans 8:18-34 April 12, 2020 (Easter 2020) Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti Our Scripture text this morning is from Romans chapter eight, verses eighteen through thirty-four. In this passage, the Apostle Paul is writing to the church in Rome about the […]

What Story Are We Living In?: The Confrontation of Easter, Luke 24:13-35

This entry was posted in Easter on April 21, 2019 by Rev. Steven Nicoletti.

Download Audio Download Text “What Story Are We Living In?: The Confrontation of Easter” Luke 24:13-35 April 21, 2019 (Easter 2019) Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pr. Nicoletti Our Scripture reading this morning is a continuation of the account we read together a few minutes ago – the Gospel of Luke, chapter twenty-four, verses […]

Two Easter Sermons

This entry was posted in Easter on April 1, 2018 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

Download Audio Download Text “Two Easter Sermons” April 1, 2018, Easter Evening The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn Over the years I have made it a custom to do something on Easter Sunday evening that is less typical of a Lord’s Day evening sermon, though generally I have confined myself to subjects that are at […]

Why Me? Matthew 28:16-20

This entry was posted in Easter on April 1, 2018 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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 […]

The Amazing Message Luke 24:1-12

This entry was posted in Easter on April 16, 2017 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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 […]

Everyone Has a Story Ephesians 2:1-10

This entry was posted in Easter on April 16, 2017 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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 […]

Why Believe Luke 24:1-12

This entry was posted in Easter on March 27, 2016 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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 […]

What Everyone Should Know About Easter Acts 3:1-16 & Acts 4:1-4

This entry was posted in Easter on April 5, 2015 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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 […]

When Jesus Became God John 20:24-31

This entry was posted in Easter on April 20, 2014 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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…

Resurrection Life Luke 24:36-43

This entry was posted in Easter on March 31, 2013 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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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…

The Main Thing 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

This entry was posted in Easter on March 31, 2013 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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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…

The Point of the Spear Acts 2:22-24

This entry was posted in Easter on April 8, 2012 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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…

Why the Resurrection Matters So Much 1 Corinthians 15:1-20

This entry was posted in Easter on April 24, 2011 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

[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…

Amazing! Luke 24:1-12

This entry was posted in Easter on April 4, 2010 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

One of the things people notice when they read the Gospels is that every Gospel writer is adding new information about the events that Easter Sunday morning. You don’t know the whole story until you have put them all together, sort of like t…

Judah’s Lion John 18:1-11

This entry was posted in Easter on April 12, 2009 by Rev. Richard H. DeMass.

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The Resurrection as a Message Acts 4:1-4

This entry was posted in Easter on April 12, 2009 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

Christianity is a phenomenon in the world – without question the most influential set of convictions in the history of the world – because of the events described in the four Gospels and the early chapters of the book of Acts. Jesus, a…

The Eyewitnesses 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

This entry was posted in Easter on March 23, 2008 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

Tonight I want to encourage you with a piece of apologetics, the defense of the faith. I want to remind you in one specific way, how strong the case actually is for the historical reality of the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. I want to encour…

Why We Believe Luke 24:13-49

This entry was posted in Easter on March 23, 2008 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

I was surprised the other day to discover that the gym where my wife and I exercise is observing Easter. To be sure, it didn’t close for the entire day, but it did dramatically shorten its hours of operation. I hadn’t thought that in the secular cult…

What did the Resurrection Achieve? Ephesians 2:1-10

This entry was posted in Easter on April 8, 2007 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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I want this Easter evening to think with you about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus as a part of our salvation. The question is: what role does the resurrection play in our salvation? We know what the cross achieved. Chr…

Believing the Resurrection John 20:24-31

This entry was posted in Easter on April 8, 2007 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

The Apostle John, from whose Gospel we have read this morning, was interested in how and why people come to believe in Jesus Christ and commit their lives to him. John was, as we say, an evangelist. As he tells his readers, in the last verse we read,…

Some Fascinating History 1 Timothy 1:12-17

This entry was posted in Easter on April 16, 2006 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

No exposition of a text of Holy Scripture tonight. Rather a reflection, an historical reflection on Paul’s autobiographical statement in 1 Tim. 1:15:

“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners – of whom I am the worst.”

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The Scandal of the Resurrection Acts 17:16-34

This entry was posted in Easter on April 16, 2006 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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Paul was a missionary. Since his sudden, dramatic, and utterly unexpected transformation from an enemy of Christianity to its champion – recounted in Acts chapter 9 – he had been traveling all …

Conflicting Interpretations, Matthew 28:1-20 (Easter 2004)

This entry was posted in Easter on April 11, 2004 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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Romans 3:20-21

This entry was posted in Easter on April 20, 2003 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

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Easter 1997

This entry was posted in Easter Isaiah 53 on March 30, 1997 by Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn.

Download Text “Easter 1997” Isaiah 52:13-53:12 March 30, 1997 Text Comment We have been studying this famous and beautiful text over the past several Sunday mornings. It is the last and the grandest of Isaiah’s prophesies of the personage, whom he calls “The Servant of the Lord” who will bring salvation to the world. It […]