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Pastor Stephen Tilmon | When Death Lost Its Sting | Easter 2026


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Death feels permanent. Regret feels defining. And a lot of us walk into Easter carrying things that feel buried for good. We go straight at that tension with 1 Corinthians 15 and the message Paul refuses to soften: if Jesus didn’t rise from the dead, then preaching is useless, faith is useless, and sin still owns the story. But if he did rise, then everything changes, including you and me. 

We unpack what it means to say the resurrection is the foundation of Christian faith, not a holiday mood. Jesus is called the “first of a great harvest,” the start of something that continues in everyone who belongs to him. We talk through the contrast of Adam and Christ, the reality of being born again into a new bloodline, and why Easter is bigger than an empty tomb, it’s the reversal of the curse and the promise that death does not get the final word. 

Then we bring resurrection power down to street level: grief, fear of death, shame, addiction, bitterness, and the exhausting cycle of trying to “fix yourself first.” We talk about spiritual maturity, prayer and fasting, and why surrender is not weakness but the doorway to real freedom. And we end where Paul ends, with direction: be strong, be immovable, and remember that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless. If this encouraged you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review, what part of your life needs resurrection hope right now?

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