Easter Preaching and Sermons

The Easter season can be a challenging time for preachers, requiring messages that resonate with both members and newcomers drawn to the church for Lent and Easter. These resources may prove useful to pastors preparing messages for Lent, Holy Week and Easter.

• Sermon & Lectionary Resources: Excellent links here for sermon preparation.
• Easter Sermons: Topical messages from Martin Luther, John Chrysostom and present-day leaders.
• Easter & Resurrection Articles Archive: Sermons and essays about Easter from the Rev. R.F. Wilson of WilsonWeb.
• Sermons from Seattle: Holiday thoughts from Pastor Edward F. Markquart, the pastor of Grace Lutheran Church.
• Eighteen Easter Sermons: From Dr. Ray Pritchard of Keep Believing Ministries.
• Easter Sermons: A collection of holiday messages from SermonLinks.
• Easter: This message from Kenneth Baily of the Newton Highlands Congregational Church kicks off with an oft-used Easter joke.

Easter on the Internet: Top Directories

Here are some other excellent sites that provide resources focused on the Christian observance of Easter and Lent.

• A Holy Easter: Tons of Easter-related links from Richard & Charlene Fairchild of Ontario, Canada. Recommended.
• Lift Up Your Hearts: Worthwhile, ecumenically accessible Lent, Holy Week and Easter resources.
• Easter ANd Lent Resources: An abundance of excellent links for the season from Christianity Today.
• Annie’s Easter Page: Tons of useful links here, including one advancing Resurrection Sunday (which also provides many interesting links)
• A Glorious Easter: Large collection of Easter resources for Sunday School teachers from TeacherHelp.org.

Lenten Links and Devotionals

Spiritual reflection is a key part of our Lenten journey. These sites offer meditations and devotionals and reflections to assist your spiritual preparation for Holy Week and Easter.

• Easter & Lent Meditations: Seasonal reflections from REMinistries.
• Easter Reflections: Well done page by Grant MacDonald of “Graceland.”
• Lenten Study Resources 2003: From the Upper Room.
• Connecting Worship and Daily Living: Guide to practical observance of Lent, from the United Methodist Church.
• My Easter Is Coming: Fine Easter poem by R. Jaudon Berry.
• Meditations and Prayers for Lent and Easter: Fine site from New Jersey monk Victor Hoagland
• The Glory of Easter: Meditations from Acts International.
• Lent: Call To Conversion: From American Catholic Online.
• Catholic Online Lenten Pages: Ash Wednesday and Lenten information for the official Web site of the U.S. Catholic church.
• The Season of Lent: Useful facts about Lent from Kenneth Collins.

Christian Easter Plays

These sites offer, drama, poetry and images focused on the Easter Message

• A Glorious Easter: An excellent collection of links to Easter plays, skits and puppet show scripts.
• The 12 Voices of Easter: Drama from “Back To The Bible” radio broadcast.
• Les Douze Voix De Paques: Parlez-vous Francais? if so, you’ll enjoy this Easter drama in French, examining the holiday through the eyes of Biblical figures.
• A Press Conference After the Resurrection: An interesting approach to examining society’s reaction to the Resurrection.
• Resurrection Song: From the “Songs of Praise” web site.
• Eloi, Eloi, Lama Sabachthani: Poem by Keith Clayton, Jr., beautiful design by Judy Weitz.

Epic Easter Sermons

What did Martin Luther preach about on Easter Sunday? Well, it seems everything is on the Internet these days, including the sermon Luther preached on Easter Sunday in 1540. It’s one of many messages from esteemed church leaders you’ll find at the Easter Sermons web site, which features historic messages by Luther, John Chrysostom and St. Cyril of Jerusalem, along with contemporary messages from Pope John Paul II and recent leaders of the Orthodox, Anglican and Episcopalian churches.

Another rich source of historic Easter preaching is Expository Easter Sermons, which features messages by Charles Spurgeon and poems for Good Friday from John Donne and John Newton (of “Amazing Grace” renown).