Easter

From Luther for the Busy Man

Easter season readings and reflections.

Episodes

Easter - Week 5 - Wednesday 2026-05-13
EASTER - WEEK 5 - WEDNESDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 7:7-12 “If you ask anything in my name, I will do it.” John 14:14 An important factor in our prayers is…
Easter - Week 5 - Tuesday 2026-05-12
EASTER - WEEK 5 - TUESDAY LESSON: LUKE 19:1-6 Likewise, the Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the…
Easter - Week 5 - Monday 2026-05-11
EASTER - WEEK 5 - MONDAY LESSON: JAMES 1:5-8 “Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” John 16:24 In our prayers, we should firmly…
Easter - Week 5 - Sunday 2026-05-10
EASTER - WEEK 5 - SUNDAY LESSON: JOHN 16:23-30 “Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask anything of the Father, he will give it to you in my name.”…
Easter - Week 4 - Saturday 2026-05-09
EASTER - WEEK 4 - SATURDAY LESSON: EPHESIANS 1:11-14 It is God who establishes us with you in Christ and has commissioned us; he has put his seal…
Easter - Week 4 - Friday 2026-05-08
EASTER - WEEK 4 - FRIDAY LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:26-31 “[The Holy Spirit] will convince the world … of righteousness, because I go to the Father,…
Easter - Week 4 - Thursday 2026-05-07
EASTER - WEEK 4 - THURSDAY LESSON: PSALM 32 [Christ] is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to…
Easter - Week 4 - Wednesday 2026-05-06
EASTER - WEEK 4 - WEDNESDAY LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 1:18-25 What no eyes have seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man conceived, what God has…
Easter - Week 4 - Tuesday 2026-05-05
EASTER - WEEK 4 - TUESDAY LESSON: HEBREWS 10:26-31 Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world; he who follows me will not walk in…
Easter - Week 4 - Monday 2026-05-04
EASTER - WEEK 4 - MONDAY LESSON: JOHN 14:12-24 “When he [the Holy Spirit] comes, he will convince the world of sin … because they do not believe in…
Easter - Week 4 - Sunday 2026-05-03
EASTER - WEEK 4 - SUNDAY LESSON: JOHN 16:5-15 When he comes, he will convince the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgement. John 16:8 When…
Easter - Week 3 - Saturday 2026-05-02
EASTER - WEEK 3 - SATURDAY LESSON: PSALM 145:1-13 “I go to the Father.” John 16:10 Christ wanted His disciples to come to a clear understanding of…
Easter - Week 3 - Friday 2026-05-01
EASTER - WEEK 3- FRIDAY LESSON: EPHESIANS 1:3-11 There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 We can…
Easter - Week 3 - Thursday 2026-04-30
EASTER - WEEK 3 - THURSDAY LESSON: PSALM 33:13-22 “You have sorrow now, but I will see you again and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take…
Easter - Week 3 - Wednesday 2026-04-29
EASTER - WEEK 3 - WEDNESDAY LESSON: 1 CORINTHIANS 15:12-19 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain.…
Easter - Week 3 - Tuesday 2026-04-28
EASTER - WEEK 3 - TUESDAY LESSON: HABAKKUK 2:2-4 You have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised. “For…
Easter - Week 3 - Monday 2026-04-27
EASTER - WEEK 3 - MONDAY LESSON: PSALM 30:1-5 “A little while, and you will see me no more; again, a little while, and you will see me.” John 16:16…
Easter - Week 3 - Sunday 2026-04-26
EASTER - WEEK 3 - SUNDAY LESSON: JOHN 16:16-23 “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will be…
Easter - Week 2 - Saturday 2026-04-25
EASTER - WEEK 2 - SATURDAY LESSON: MATTHEW 5:13-16 I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith,…
Easter - Week 2 - Friday 2026-04-24
EASTER - WEEK 2 - FRIDAY LESSON: PSALM 23 He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.…
Easter - Week 2 - Thursday 2026-04-23
EASTER - WEEK 2 - THURSDAY LESSON: ROMANS 2:19-26 The law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. John 1:17 You have…
Easter - Week 2 - Wednesday 2026-04-22
EASTER - WEEK 2- WEDNESDAY LESSON: PSALM 85 The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. Psalm 103:8 In…
Easter - Week 2 - Tuesday 2026-04-21
EASTER - WEEK 2- TUESDAY LESSON: 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-6 A bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench. Isaiah 42:3 Matthew…
Easter - Week 2 - Monday 2026-04-20
EASTER - WEEK 2 - MONDAY LESSON: LUKE 5:27-32 “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick.” Matthew 9:12 Even though we…
Easter - Week 2 - Sunday 2026-04-19
EASTER - WEEK 2- SUNDAY LESSON: JOHN 10:11-16 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.” John 10:11 Pastors can…
Easter - Week 1 - Saturday 2026-04-18
EASTER - WEEK 1 - SATURDAY LESSON: COLOSSIANS 3:12-17 “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any they are forgiven; if you retain the…
Easter - Week 1 - Friday 2026-04-17
EASTER - WEEK 1 -FRIDAY LESSON: EPHESIANS 4:9-16 “As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.” John 20:21 The most important work of love that…
Easter - Week 1 - Thursday 2026-04-16
EASTER - WEEK 1 - THURSDAY LESSON: 2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-17 I can do all things in him [Christ] who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 If I really…
Easter - Week 1 - Wednesday 2026-04-15
EASTER - WEEK 1 - WEDNESDAY LESSON: ACTS 14:19-22 We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces…
Easter - Week 1 - Monday 2026-04-13
EASTER - WEEK 1 - MONDAY LESSON: ROMANS 10:14-17 “He who hears you hears me, and he who rejects you rejects me, and he who rejects me rejects him…
Easter - Week 1 - Sunday 2026-04-12
EASTER - WEEK 1 - SUNDAY LESSON: JOHN 20:19-31 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being shut where the disciples were,…
Easter Day - Sunday 2026-04-05
EASTER DAY - SUNDAY LESSON: MARK 16:1-8 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid; go and tell my brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will…