Easter

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entrance to a rock cave with a round stone rolled partway across the entrance. The cave is all dark inside.

On Easter morning, some women went to the Jesus’ tomb to anoint his body for burial. They worried about how they would get to him past the stone that blocked the entrance. That day, angels came and rolled away the stone. What are the stones in our lives that keep us from Jesus? And who will roll them away?

“Who Will Roll the Stone Away?” by Pastor Ryan Emmons

Mark 16:1-8 (NLT) ; 馬 可 福 音 16:1-8 (CUVS)

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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Burning Passion” talks about how the risen Jesus’ explanations about the scriptures burned in the hearts of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. Do our hearts burn within us when we read scripture? What can we do to (re-)ignite the flame?

2 Kings 23:1-3 (NLT) / 列 王 紀 下 23:1-3 (CUVS)
Luke 24:25-34 (NLT) / 路 加 福 音 24:25-34 (CUVS)

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Pastor Ryan’s sermon “Who Will Move the Stone?” talks about the stone that blocked the women’s access to the tomb on Easter morning when they went to prepare Jesus’ body for burial, not knowing yet that he had risen. What is the stone in our own lives that keeps us from following Jesus, and how will it be moved aside?

1 Corinthians 15:3-9 (NLT) / 歌 林 多 前 書 15:3-9 (CUVS)
Mark 16:1-8 (NLT) / 馬 可 福 音 16:1-8 (CUVS)

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Easter sermon by Pastor Ryan Emmons

John 20:11-18 (NLT) ; 約 翰 福 音 20:11-18 (CUVS)

Artwork: Uhde, Fritz von, 1848-1911. Woman, Why Weepest Thou?, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=58161 [retrieved April 14, 2022]. Original source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fritz_von_Uhde_-_Weib,_warum_weinest_du_(1892-94).jpg.

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Palm Sunday sermon by Pastor Ryan Emmons

Luke 19:36-44 (NLT) ; 路 加 福 音 19:36-44 (CUVS)

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Easter 2019

April 21, 2019 – Pastor Ryan Emmons
A Startling Discovery

John 20:1-18

约翰福音 20:1-18

Mary Magdalene found the disciples and told them, “I have seen the Lord!” Then she gave them his message.     ~ John 201-18 (NLT)

 抹大拉的玛丽亚就去向门徒报讯，说：“我看见主了！”又把主对她说的话告诉门徒。 
~ 约翰福音 20:1-18 (CCB)