Stand Alone Sermons

by Bruce Hanson Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one [...]

Sherry Sommer While reading the account of Mary Magdalene at Jesus’ tomb, today, I’ve been struck for the first time by how much I can identify with her. While Mary is reacting to a [...]

by Carolyn Schmitt There are a number of women named “Mary” mentioned in the New Testament:  Mary, the mother of Jesus; Mary the mother of James and Joseph; Mary, Martha’s sister; Mary the wife [...]

by Kathleen Petersen   Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away [...]

by Grace Hunter In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. There came a man who was [...]

by Loyed? Petersen Providentially, those who volunteered me to write this devotional, misspelled my name, spelling it in the “past tense” (i.e., “...ed”). But I can make something of it. Recently I had a [...]

by Kathleen Petersen “God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life!” opens the persuasive message of a popular gospel tract. I’m curious. If passages such as the one below were paired [...]

by Carolyn Schmitt It is interesting to me that while Peter’s denial is mentioned in all four gospels, only John tells about Jesus restoring Peter and giving him an additional occupation. I wish I [...]

by Bruce Hanson Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus. He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they [...]

by Grace Hunter Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Tiberias. It happened this way: Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and [...]