Emphasis Preaching Journal

Funny time for an Easter sermon. How can we possibly preach on resurrection when winter beats at our doors and the cold cuts through us like a knife? Easter reminds us of budding trees and singing birds and green grass and new beginnings. The early church saw every first day of the week as a celebration of Easter. Paul turned his troubled friends in Corinth toward the resurrection -- and once again told them the old, old story of how Christ had come back from the dead and defeated even the greatest of their enemies.