27 Ideas to Jump-Start You Easter Sermon

Easter is just around the corner. Hopefully you have taken my advice and are ahead on your sermon prep. However, I know how hard it is to get ahead and stay ahead. Most of us are not there yet.

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So, since you have to write yet another amazing Easter sermon, here are some ideas to help kill your writer’s block and jump-start your Easter sermon creativity.

27 Easter Sermon Ideas

1. Tell the Easter story from the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 28)
2. Tell the Easter story from the Gospel of Mark (Mark 16)
3. Tell the Easter story from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 24)
4. Tell the Easter story from the Gospel of John (John 20)
5. Preach Peter’s denial of Jesus 3 times and his forgiveness through Christ.
6. Preach from Judas’ perspective. Betrayal and regret.
7. Preach about the last supper and the meaning of the Passover. Jesus is the perfect sacrificial lamb who shed His blood to save us all.

8. Preach about the last supper and the symbolism of Communion.
9. Preach about Jesus’ final words on the cross.
10. Preach about the post-resurrection appearances of Jesus.
11. Preach Easter from the perspective of Doubting Thomas.
12. Preach Easter from the perspective of Mary Magdalene
13. Preach Easter from the perspective of Pilate.
14. Preach Easter from the perspective of the Roman Guards (at the cross and at the tomb)
15. Preach Easter from Jesus’ time in the Garden
16. Preach Easter from the trial of Jesus.
17. Preach Easter from the Crucifixion of Jesus. Why Jesus suffered, how our sins were paid, and the symbolism of the temple curtains being torn.
18. Preach Easter from the Triumphal Entry. How ironic it is that the people worshipped Jesus just before crucifying him. And how we do the same thing with our sin. Honor God with our lips and rebel against Him with our actions.
19. Preach about Easter from the Empty Tomb. What it means that our savior is not dead.
20. Preach Easter from the perspective of the 2 believers on road to Emmaus. Jesus explains how all scripture points to Himself and the crucifixion and resurrection.
21. Talk about the many Old Testament prophesies written hundreds of years before Jesus’ time were fulfilled perfectly through Jesus’ death and resurrection.
22. Preach from the perspective of the two thieves on the crosses next to Jesus.
23. Preach Paul’s writing on the resurrection of Christ and the dead from 1 Corinthians 15
24. Preach the Theology of the atonement for our sins from the book of Romans.
25. Preach from Philippians 2:1-11.
26. Preach about Baptism and its symbolism of dying and resurrecting with Christ.
27. Talk about how we are crucified with Christ from Galatians 2:20

Conclusion

You need to preach about Jesus’ death and resurrection every Easter, but it doesn’t have to always be from the same passage of scripture.

This list is not exactly comprehensive of every way you could preach Easter, but I hope it at least inspires you to keep your Easter message fresh.

So what are you waiting for? Get inspired, get excited, and preach Christ this Easter with everything you have!

QUESTION: What else would you add to this list?

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