Matthew 28:1-8

"Early on Sunday morning [after Jesus' crucifixion and burial], as the new day was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went out to visit the..."

"[At Jesus' empty tomb, the angel said to the women:] "He isn't here! He is risen from the dead, just as he said would happen. Come, see where his body..."

Maybe your Easter was picture perfect and everything you hoped it would be. Or, maybe you found yourself too far away to see or hear anything clearly. Melissa Troyer shares her busy and messy Easter morning when she arrived in a mess and exhausted from the messiness of the morning only to meet Jesus there.

"Let us learn from Mary Magdalene how to obtain fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Notice how she sought. She sought the Saviour very early in the..."

Inspirational illustration of Matthew 28:6 -- Jesus is not here he is risen just as he said.

He silently slipped out. Exited. Departed. He passed, not away, but on. Yet, on to where? Max Lucado reminds us that Easter, Jesus' Resurrection Sunday, is not just about Jesus being raised, but our life beyond death!

What Jesus' resurrection guarantees about our own. Max Lucado shares insights from the Bible about what happens to us when we die and what Jesus' resurrection means to our hope.

"The women ran quickly from [Jesus' empty] tomb... And as they went, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they ran to him, grasped his feet, and..."

They all abandoned Jesus except for this one group! Phil Ware continues his series of reflections on the importance of women in the Bible, to Jesus, to Paul, and to the early church.

God is at work even when nothing appears to be happening! Max Lucado reminds us during this special week of a day that is so often neglected: Saturday, the Sabbath, when everything appears to be silent and that Satan has triumphed, yet lying still in the grave, Jesus' body belies the truth of God.

Have you read the story lately? This is a harmonization of the accounts from the Gospels, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, of the resurrection appearances of Jesus on the first day of his resurrection.