The Case of the Vanishing Corpse

A Sermon for Easter Day 2025

Texts: Luke 24: 1-12; 1 Corinthians 15: 19-26

Remember what Jesus said about dying and rising. Jesus had been repeating this message for an extended period from the point he ‘set his face towards Jerusalem’ in Luke 9:51. Yet, in the face of his undeniable death, the disciples forgot.

In the face of this dark, sad, anxious place for them, we wonder…

There are several theories that have been posited to “explain away” the miracle of Christ rising from the dead, and Hamish explores some of them in his sermon, which you can watch here: https://youtu.be/V7M99F3YCRM