Faithfully Yours Forever

Easter Sunday, Resurrection of the Lord – [4/12/2020]
by Phillip Martin

Two priests walk into a bar and see Jesus. It sounds like a good punch line for a joke. But Phillip Martin, pastor of Epiphany Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia, tells how he and a co-worker went into a brewery and actually saw a man dressed up like Jesus. Martin’s co-worker did not believe him until he actually saw the man with his own eyes. Then they took a picture with the man because they had “seen the Lord.”
This experience reminded Martin of Mary Magdalene’s exclamation to the disciples, the first Easter message: “I have seen the Lord.” In this passage (John 20:1-18), and in the entirety of the Fourth Gospel, “seeing is believing”–quite literally. Listen to Phillip Martin’s sermon and journey with Mary and the disciples as they see and believe in the risen Lord.
Manuscript available: click HERE

Click the link below for the sermon:
https://asermonforeverysunday.com/sermons/a20-easter-day-resurrection-of-the-lord-year-a-2020/

Easter Sunday, Resurrection of the Lord – [4/12/2020] – Sunrise Service – “Is It True?”
By Presbyterian minister MaryAnn McKibben Dana [recorded in 2017]

MaryAnn McKibben Dana describes herself as “a writer, spouse, mother of three, muffin maker and occasional marathoner. I am a Presbyterian pastor whose spiritual inner child is secretly Quaker. (I guess the secret’s out.) Dana says, “I believe in the expansive love of God that knows no bounds.” But on Easter Sunday people want to know if she believes in the Resurrection. “Is It True?” they ask, and that’s the name of her sermon. Join her as she explores this question and the impact it should have on us as believers.

Click the link below for the sermon:
https://asermonforeverysunday.com/sermons/a21-easter-sunday-year/