Sermons

Sunday’s Coming: The Abundant Life  Opening Illustration: Well friends, we have one week to the most important Sunday of the year. Resurrection Sunday is next week. Last week we talked about the empty tomb. Do you remember what we learned last week? We learned that the empty tomb defeated death, dismantled the dark forces of Satan, and the empty tomb destroyed darkness forever. Light had one, dark had lost. Satan was vanquished. This Sunday, because of the empty tomb, we have abundant life.  But what is abundant life? Where does it come from? Will I be able to find it and keep it? We will talk about those things today and maybe I might answer those questions for you this morning.  What Did We Learn Last Week: The Empty Tomb D efeated  Death, D ismantled  Dark Forces, and D estroyed  Darkness Forever!  Illustration: Good morning brothers and sisters. Happy Palm Sunday to you! It is on this day that we remember the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. It is this day that we r

  Sunday’s Coming: The Empty Tomb Opening Illustration: “Do you remember where you were when…” This is a familiar statement that most of us have heard when talking about someone famous dying. Do you remember where you were when John F. Kennedy was assassinated? Do you remember where you were when Elvis died? Do you remember where you were when 911 occurred? Do you remember where you were when Michael Jackson passed? The list goes on and on. Our lives are marked with “do you remember where you were when so and so died” statements. These famous deaths remind us of time long gone. When we think about these sudden losses, we recall the music we were listening to, we remember what we were wearing, what we are eating, who we were with, we might even remember aromas in the air. They are defining moments that bind us together.  If you were born before September 11, 2001, you wont likely remember the terrorist attack on our country but for the rest of us, it is etched in our memories for