Coming Back to Life: Easter Sunday

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This episode discusses the theme of spiritual renewal and coming back to life in a Christian context.

Coming Back To Life Sermon Transcript Coming Back to Life South Run Baptist Church | Springfield, VA Pastor Eric Gilchrest 2 Corinthians 5:17–20 Easter Sunday This is a full sermon transcript from South Run Baptist Church in Springfield, Virginia. In this message, Pastor Eric Gilchrest preaches on new creation and the ministry of reconciliation from 2 Corinthians 5:17–20. This sermon was delivered on Easter Sunday and addresses what it truly means to be a new creation in Christ, the two mental models of transformation — instantaneous and lifelong — and the mission God gives every believer to be an ambassador of reconciliation in the world. Opening: G.K. Chesterton, the Poet-Priest, and the Reminder That You Are Not Dead Yet What a morning. Can I get an amen? Amen. Ah. There's a writer from the early 1900s that I quite like, and I quote from time to time. And there's a book he wrote called Man Alive. It's one of his lesser-known works. The guy is G.K. Chesterton, and in it he says this: "I don't deny that there should be priests or pastors to remind men that they will one day die. I only say that in certain strange epics — or maybe certain strange days — it is necessary to have…

Topics covered

• spiritual renewal
• faith
• resurrection
• Christianity
• personal growth

Keywords

• coming back to life
• spirituality
• faith
• Christianity
• renewal

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