Has Easter Faded?
I have heard the Sunday after Easter called "Let Down Sunday." That saddens my heart. But, it can be true. Many churches in America are full two Sundays a year, Easter Sunday and Christmas Sunday. So the Sunday after those two significant days can be quite the let down from the large corporate worship gatherings on those two days. How quickly does the message of Easter and HOLY WEEK fade from your memory? I have asked people the day after I preached a sermon what it was about and RARELY do they remember, even within 24 hours. I pray every week as I sit in the sanctuary, before people arrive, that the message that day will transform the hearts of men and women that attend that day. I pray the church will rise up and seek God like they never have before. If I preach a thousand Sundays that will be my cry. It doesn't matter when I preach or what my primary scripture is for the day. The message is the same, "Repent, accept forgiveness because of the Cross, and com...
