Hope Presbyterian Church In Winston-salem Sermons

Series: In His Own Words: The Real JesusScripture: John 20:1-18 “Arise, arise; And with His burial-linen dry thine eyes: Christ left His grave-clothes, that we might, when grief Draws tears, or blood, not want an handkerchief.” —George Herbert, from ‘The Dawning” in Herbert: Poems, 131. “I find that Holy Week is draining; no matter how many times I have lived through his crucifixion, my anxiety about his resurrection is undiminished – I am terrified that, this year, it won’t happen; that, that year, it didn’t. Anyone can be sentimental about the Nativity; any fool can feel like a Christian at Christmas. But Easter is the main event; if you don’t believe in the resurrection, you’re not a believer.” —John Irving, A Prayer for Owen Meany “I have come to feel that the primary reality of which we have to take account in seeking for a Christian impact on public life is the Christian congregation. How is it possible that the gospel should be credible, that people should come to believe that the power which has the l