The Fourth Sunday of Easter Good Shepherd Sunday April 21, 2024 1 John 4:1-6 Resurrection Reality — The Risen Savior Provides Good Shepherds!   1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3but every spirit that…

The Third Sunday of Easter April 14, 2024 1 John 1:5-2:2 Resurrection Reality — We Have a Meaningful Message to Share!   5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. 7But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light,…

The Second Sunday of Easter April 7, 2024 John 20:19-31 Resurrection Reality — The Living Lord Gives Proof and Peace!   19On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” 20After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples were overjoyed when they saw the Lord. 21Again Jesus said, “Peace…

Easter Sunday March 31, 2024 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Without the Resurrection— Faith is Futile!     Dear fellow worshipers of our living Lord and Savior,   He is risen!  He is risen indeed!   What if it’s not true?  What if the women and the apostles were all lying?  What if somebody did steal Jesus’ body and put it somewhere where no one would ever be able to find it?  What if the accounts of Jesus’ physical resurrection that we…