For the six Sundays after Easter, called “Eastertide,” we’re going to be exploring Jesus’ resurrection. We’re going to look at the stories and sightings of the resurrected Christ in the New Testament, mainly in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. However, historically speaking, the earliest writing we have of the resurrection is from the hand of someone who came after Jesus, ironically enough: the Apostle Paul. The earliest person to sit down and write it all out--w

John 20:1-18. Easter 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 removed from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” Then Peter and the other disciple set out and went toward the tomb. The two were running together, but the other discip

Before I read our scripture for today, I want to give a little background on its author. In our time together at Ormewood, we’ve read a lot from the Gospels, the first four books in the New Testament that tell the story of Jesus’ life. And for simplicity’s sake, we just assume the author is the title of these books: The Gospel according to Matthew, the Gospel according to Mark, the Gospel according to Luke and John. We also have read quite a bit from the Old Testament or Hebr