Easter

Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 5, 2026

Pastor Bill argues that humanity constantly pursues happiness and meaning with misplaced confidence — running hard after things that cannot deliver life. Using the Easter narrative from Mark 16, he shows that Jesus' death and resurrection was not the loss it appeared to be but the decisive victory over sin and death that none of us could ever achieve on our own. The only way to receive that victory is not by performing or striving, but by surrendering — confessing our sin and placing our faith in what Jesus accomplished for us.

Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 10, 2023

Easter exposes a fundamental misunderstanding many people have about God: that His love must be earned through performance, obedience, or moral striving. Through the story of Peter's denial and his seaside restoration by the risen Jesus, Pastor Bill shows that God's posture toward us has never been conditional. Jesus did not wait for Peter to prove himself — He prepared breakfast, asked three pointed questions, and re-commissioned him. The call is not to impress God but to receive and surrender to a love already demonstrated at the cross, trusting that love, not effort, is what transforms us from the inside out.

Pastor Bill Bush · Apr 12, 2020

On the first Easter morning, the disciples and Mary Magdalene each struggled to recognize who Jesus truly was — not merely a problem-solver, but the Waymaker who conquered sin and death, the Miracle Worker who rose as He promised, and the Light who calls each person by name out of darkness. Just as Jesus revealed Himself to Mary by simply saying her name, He invites every person today — whether hopeless, theorizing, or believing but still hiding — to respond to His call, trust in what He did on the cross, and discover that the empty tomb is greater than any empty room they face.