All three of our Bible lessons for today touch on themes that cannot help but direct our attention to last Sunday's celebration of the festival of Easter. (The Roman Catholic lectionary's first lesson [Acts 2:42-47] reminds us of the Easter festival, as its reference to the community shared among the early Christians is reminiscent of an active church member's joy in seeing a packed church on Easter Sunday.) I do not know about your feelings with certainty, but I suspect that last Sunday's worship service (what with it being Easter and with the church packed with our whole church family) felt as good to you as it did to me. It was a real spiritual high. For what was happening last Sunday, what with everybody happy and enjoying each other, was a lot like what was happening for the very firs…
What Happens When We Can't Believe It?
John 20:24-31
John 20:24-31
Sermon
by Mark Ellingsen
by Mark Ellingsen
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