Rev Bill

I have posted my sermon from yesterday on my sermon blog. It’s the first in a series of sermons for the Easter Season where I will be looking at the meaning of Easter, combining Paul’s argument for the truth of Easter in 1 Corinthians 15:11-20 with various stories of post resurrection appearances of Jesus.

Yesterday’s sermon was based on 1 Corinthians 15:11-20 and John 20:1-18 (John’s version of the resurrection of Christ) and entitled “Easter Means …”

Here’s a portion of it:

Paul Willis, pastor of The Cathedral Of His Glory in Greensboro, NC tells a story of sailing with his grandfather off the coast of North Carolina when he was a young boy. One day as they were sailing the wind stopped — the sea became a dead calm — and their sailboat began floating aimlessly in the water. Try as they might, they couldn’t get the ship to head in the direction of home — and it was getting dark. Young Paul panicked — and did not know what to do. He knew they couldn’t swim to shore — they were much too far out.
What were they going to do?
His grandfather knew that all they could do was wait — and — being an experienced sailor and fisherman — he knew the wind would begin blowing again.
Darkness fell — and still no wind.
Young Paul knew they were doomed.
Grandfather knew that the wind would come back in time.
Finally — late into the night — grandfather woke Paul and told him to trim the sails. Paul did not understand why — the wind was still not blowing — but off in the distance he heard a faint sound. The sound became stronger and stronger until finally he could feel the wind. With the sails trimmed, the boat made its way home.
Willis likens the unexpected — to him — wind to the new life God offers us.

You can read the entire sermon here.

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