Follow the Living Christ - David Falldine

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On Easter Sunday, the host declares Jesus is alive and reads the empty tomb account from Mark 16.

The episode is an Easter Sunday sermon from Sunrise City Church titled 'Follow the Living Christ' delivered by David Falldine. It begins with a reading of Mark 16:1-8, describing the women discovering the empty tomb. Falldine then references a 2025 Lifeway Research survey on American theology, noting that 65% believe in the physical resurrection but 49% do not believe Jesus is God and 65% think all religions lead to God. He addresses two groups in the audience: believers and those questioning their faith. Falldine explains the gospel of Mark was the first written, authored by John Mark based on the apostle Peter's eyewitness account. The sermon's big idea is that the resurrection calls for following Christ, not just belief. Falldine discusses three points from the text. First, God solved what we could never fix, illustrated by the 'stone problem' the women faced and a personal story about church members helping him move. Second, Jesus secured what we could never earn, emphasizing the empty tomb and Jesus conquering sin. Third, Jesus sends those he has transformed, focusing on the command to tell the disciples and Peter. Falldine presents historical facts agreed upon by many scholars: Jesus died by crucifixion, was buried, the tomb was empty, the disciples were initially fearful but later convinced they saw the risen Jesus, and the early church grew. He notes evidence like the disciples' martyrdom, the empty tomb, women as first witnesses, and the shift to Sunday worship. The sermon concludes with an invitation for prayer and salvation, encouraging listeners to repent and believe.

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An Easter sermon connects the rolled-away stone with a house move to preach obstacles already overcome.

Easter morning frames this single-episode review around Mark 16, as Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome arrive to find the stone already rolled away.

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You can bring your biggest immovable problem to an Easter sermon about a stone God has already moved.

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