“Doubting Thomas: 'Unless I see the resurrected Jesus I won't believe... blessed are you who believe and haven't seen.'”
Pastor Reginald W. Sharpe Jr. preaches from John 21 urging listeners to "let him cook" — to let Jesus work in His timing and way. Using the breakfast-on-the-beach scene and pastoral stories, he outlines several "collisions" believers face (familiar vs. calling, fear vs. God's faithfulness, attachments vs. assignments, guilt vs. grace) and calls for trust, obedience, restoration, and response.
“Reference to Jesus appearing to Thomas and showing his wounds (the encounter in John 20).”
A Metro Coast Restored Church Sunday service featuring worship, communion, testimonies and a sermon teaching that God uses wounds for good — calling believers to tend their wounds, be forgiven and generously support missions.
“Reference to Thomas's doubt and encounter with the risen Jesus (Even Thomas in Scripture...).”
Pastor Kent Munsey preaches an Easter sermon from John 20 focusing on the empty tomb, the three burial garments (othaneia, sudarium, sindon), and the Shroud of Turin as physical evidence that supports the bodily resurrection of Jesus—concluding with reasons to believe and an invitation to faith.
“Thomas' doubt: 'Unless I see him myself and put my finger... I will not believe,' and Jesus showed him his scars.”
Using Mark 2:1–12 (the paralytic lowered through the roof) the speaker argues that desperate times demand radical, action-oriented faith: believers must take risks to bring others to Jesus, prioritize spiritual healing over merely physical cures, and trust God’s sovereignty even in suffering.
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