Easter Sunday 2025

When someone is commending a book they have read or a movie they have seen, they will likely describe elements of the narrative but not tell you the climax. That would take away the element of surprise and rob you of the chance of discovering this for yourself. When the climax is going to be talked about anyway, the speaker will often announce “Spoiler Alert!” This gives you an opportunity to opt out of the conversation so you can enjoy the ending on your own. For most if not all of us this morning we are not taken by surprise with the Easter ending to the narrative of Jesus. And we have not been pretending we didn’t know this ending during the Season of Lent. The point of our Easter celebration is not to pretend to be surprised. Rather, it is to encounter the Risen Christ where He promises to be present and come to or be renewed in faith.