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April 2026

April 05, 2026

“He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.”

A FREE POST: This photo is reportedly from inside Christ's tomb, showing the actual place...

April 20, 2025

Easter Wings by George Herbert

Easter Greetings from our friend George Herbert!

April 02, 2024

Easter Leftovers

It is still Easter, and the season will last for 50 days. Here are some...

March 2024

March 31, 2024

“No One Is Shut Out from This Joy”

St. Leo (400-460 A.D.) said this in a Christmas sermon, but it still applies! Have...

April 2023

April 09, 2023

He is Risen, Indeed!

Easter greetings from the real Cranach and from the Cranach blog! Alleluia!

April 07, 2023

From Crucifixion to Resurrection

Matthias Grünewald's depiction of Christ crucified as deader than dead, followed by his depiction of...

April 07, 2023

DISCUSSION: Easter

Our discussion topic for this weekend is simply "Easter." Say whatever you want to say...

April 17, 2022

A Resurrection Like His

Christ is risen! And so are you! According to the Bible, baptism connects us to...

April 04, 2021

You Were Resurrected with Christ

If you are baptized, you can answer the questions of that great old spiritual, "Yes,...

April 10, 2020

Holy Days for the Church in Exile

Just as today's Christians can't go to church and receive the sacraments, God's people during...

April 21, 2019

He is Risen, Indeed!

Lucas Cranach the Younger, "The Resurrection of Christ," Public Domain,

April 09, 2018

Not the Empty Tomb, but the Risen Christ

The true sign of the Resurrection is not the Empty Tomb, as we often say. ...

April 01, 2018

Christ Is Risen!

I love this painting of the Resurrection by Lucas Cranach the Younger (the son...

April 07, 2016

The Resurrection as the Christian word for defiance

Remember that it's still Easter! The pastor of an inner city London church in a rough,...

March 2016

March 27, 2016

“Can there be any day but this?”

Easterby George Herbert RISE heart ; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without...

March 26, 2016

United with him in a death and resurrection like his

The son of a dear couple in our church died suddenly. He was 34. His...

March 21, 2016

The myth of Easter’s pagan origins

As Holy Week gets underway, we once again need to remind the world that Easter...

April 2015

April 05, 2015

Christ’s resurrection and yours

Have a joyous Easter, everybody! Do you not know that all of us who have...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Shooting down the claims that Easter has pagan origins

Rev. Joseph Abrahamson has thoroughly refuted these claims about Easter, and yet we still keep...

May 2014

May 02, 2014

The world’s eucatastrophe

Thanks to Rev. Sam Schuldheisz who posted passages from J. R. R. Tolkien on "eucatastrophe,"...

April 2014

April 28, 2014

It’s still Easter!

G.C. McLoughlin G.C. McLoughlin G.C. McLoughlinG. It's still Easter, and it will be for 40...

April 22, 2014

“With fear and great joy”

When the Angel of the empty tomb appeared to the Roman guards, those courageous battle-hardened...

April 21, 2014

The Eighth Day

There is a Creation. And there is also a New Creation. God created the universe...

April 20, 2014

You were there

You know that old spiritual that asks, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?....

April 20, 2014

George Herbert on Easter

Easter by George Herbert RISE heart ; thy Lord is risen. Sing his praise Without...

April 18, 2014

How the date for Easter is calculated

You may well be wondering, why is Easter so late this year? After the jump,...

April 17, 2014

People who just come to church on Easter

Church attendance is down, but lots of people--including those who don't come the rest of...

April 16, 2014

Easter did NOT come from a pagan holiday

You're probably already hearing the old canards about Easter and its customs being based in...

April 17, 2013

Easter and Vocation

In the sermon for the third Sunday of Easter, based on John 21:1-19, in which...

April 09, 2013

God is present vs. God is present for you

I hope you had a happy Quasimodogeniti, the Second Sunday of Easter with perhaps the...