Introduction 1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was…

Introduction: 37 Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the…

Introduction: Cemetery structures Cube in a cemetery 29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, 30 saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood…

Introduction: On Sunday, we read the passage that we are going to look at tonight. However, I want us to do something different with it tonight than just read it. We are going to first look at the passage and see what is going on and then we are going to pray it back to the Lord making it personal. 19…

Introduction: When you meet a fellow Christian, you often get around to asking them the question, “What church do you go to?” Today, a lot of people will tell you that they go to such and such church and they pick their church like it’s a restaurant that they choose based on what they like. To be fair,…

Introduction: Take a stroll through a graveyard and you will see all kinds of interesting things, especially an old graveyard. Most of you know that Bethlehem has been around for a long time - over 200 years. We’ve had the cemetery for most of that time, so there are a lot of old and interesting graves…

Introduction: What is the most common way that you keep in touch with people? Today, we probably are more quick to jump on social media to see what someone is up to and we can usually see how their doing by taking a quick peek at their social media pages. We can also call or text them to find out how…

Introduction: Have you ever been lost and asked for directions only to have someone try to give them to you that had never been there themselves? During the American Revolutionary War, one of the advantages that the the Americans had was that they were fighting on home turf. They knew all the trails…

Introduction: Many of you are familiar with the song, “ Are You Washed in the Blood? ” We’ve sang it here for decades and it has been one of those hallmark hymns that gets passed along from generation to generation. Elisha Hoffman wrote the song and it quickly became one of the most popular invitation…