Sermon on the Easter Vigil readings: The Creation, Genesis 1:1 – 2:3; The Flood, Genesis 7:1 – 5, 11 – 18; 8:6 – 18; 9:8 – 13; The Testing of Abraham, Genesis 22:1 – 18; Israel’s Deliverance at the Red Sea, Exodus 14:10 – 15:1; Salvation offered Freely to All, Isaiah 55:1 – 11; A New Heart and a New Spirit, Ezekiel 36:24 – 28; The Valley of Dry Bones, Ezekiel 37:1 – 14; God’s Faithfulness to Israel, Deuteronomy 31:19 – 30; Job Confesses the Redeemer, Job 19:20 – 27; Jonah Preaches to Nineveh, Jonah 3:1 – 10; The Gathering of God’s People, Zephaniah 3:12 – 20; The Fiery Furnace, Daniel 3:1 – 30; The Resurrection, Mark 16:1 – 8. Preached at St. John's Lutheran Church, Burwell NE