Resurrection – Sermon Illustration Ideas

Immortality in Faith

Faith, Fear, Immortality, Resurrection

Fear of death and the desire for immortality is real. Alcor is a business that markets resurrection. People can pay tens of thousands of…

Fear Of Death

Death, Faith, Fear, Immortality, Power of Jesus, Resurrection

Fear of death and the desire for immortality is real. Alcor is a business that markets resurrection. People can pay tens of thousands of…

Jesus, Our Representative

Jesus, Nature of Christ, Representatives, Resurrection

A good illustration of the vicarious and representative nature of Christ is the relationship between fans and their favorite sports teams. A die-hard fan…

Why We Celebrate

Celebration, Death, Easter, Life, Mourning, Resurrection, Victory

There is already protocol in place for when the Queen of England passes away. One of the more interesting details is that the BBC…

Undercover Savior

Jesus, Resurrection, The Road To Emmaus

Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall so you can hear what people really have to say when you aren’t…

First Fruits

Easter, First Fruit, Life, Resurrection

Jesus is “the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep”(v.20). This video about growing apples, from True Food TV, talks about the various…

From Tragedy to Triumph

Christ's Death, Death, Easter, Life, Resurrection, The Cross, Triumph, Victory

N. T. Wright explains the seed analogy that Jesus used in John 12. “Jesus’s death will be like sowing a seed into the ground….

If There Was No Resurrection

Christian Life, Christianity, Faith, Hope, Meaning, Resurrection

Let’s say you knew it was going to rain and you even saw the storm clouds on the horizon. But you decide you are…

Shadows

Already And Not Yet, Christ's Death, Christ's Victory, Death, Eternity, Resurrection, Shadows, Victory

“Donald Grey Barnhouse, who was a pastor at Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia for many years, lost his wife when his daughter was still…

Wikileaks and the Power of Jesus

1 Peter 3:22, Authority, Authority of Jesus, Christ's Death, Colossians 2:10, Ephesians 1:21, Jesus, John 17:2, John 3:35, Matthew 11:27, Matthew 28:18, Matthew 28:18-20, Philippians 2:10, Philippians 2:9, Power of Jesus, Resurrection, Son of God

When Jesus was raised from the dead, he was given power, or authority, over everything in heaven and on earth. This means there is…

A Picture of Atoning Victory

Atonement, Christ's Death, Christ's Victory, Easter, Good Friday, John 12:23-25, John 19:29-30, John 19:5-6, King of Kings, Luke 23:26-31, Luke 23:44-47, Mark 15:29-32, Mark 8:31, Matthew 20:17-19, Matthew 27:33-37, Resurrection, Sacrifice

In the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis paints a picture of this atoning victory. To atone for the…

Colliding Stories

1 Corinthians 1:18, Boast, Comfort, Crucifixion, Galatians 2:20, Glory, Hebrews 12:2, John 3:16, Pain, Pleasure, Power, Resurrection, Romans 8:1, The Cross, Wisdom

“Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to…

The Life Of Christ

1 Peter 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:14, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, Christ's Humility, Christ's Love, Confidence, Faith, God's Wrath, John 11:25-26, Mark 16:6, Ransomed, Resurrection, The Cross, Truth, Victory

The resurrection is so powerful and essential for us to grasp as believers. One song that exemplifies the power of the resurrection is “In…

The Physical Resurrection

Christ's Death, Easter, Good Friday, Jesus, Jesus's Death, John 12:23-25, John 19:29-30, John 19:5-6, Luke 23:26-31, Luke 23:44-47, Mark 15:29-32, Mark 15:46-47, Mark 8:31, Matthew 20:17-19, Matthew 27:33-37, Resurrection

When it comes to believing that Jesus was literally and physically resurrected after his death, Americans differ in opinion. “Two-thirds of Americans (64 percent)…