What does First B Jackson teach about resurrection?
Drawn from the messages where it was actually addressed: the words said from the front, the passages taught, and where to hear the whole thing.
At First B Jackson, the teaching on the resurrection starts with the insistence that Easter Sunday cannot be understood in isolation. Pastor Mark has returned to this conviction more than once, walking the congregation through the entire Holy Week chronologically so that the empty tomb lands with its full weight. The raising of Lazarus, the triumphal entry, the cleansing of the temple, the last supper, the betrayal, the cross, and the silence of Saturday all belong to the story. Resurrection Sunday is the climax of a full week, not a standalone event, and you cannot fully appreciate what happened that morning without sitting with what came before it.
Pastor Carl has pressed into the eyewitness texture of John 20, paying close attention to Mary Magdalene, Peter, and John and what each of them saw at the tomb. He has pointed out that the neatly left grave cloths are themselves evidence, since grave robbers would have had no reason to unwrap a body and every reason to hurry. When John entered the tomb and saw, belief came. Mary stayed outside weeping and was the first to encounter the risen Jesus, though she did not recognize him until he spoke her name. Carl has been honest about what the text does not explain, such as why Mary did not recognize Jesus at first, while holding firmly to what it does: the tomb was empty, the witnesses were real, and the resurrection is the reason the gospel is good news at all.
Pastor Aaron closed a twelve-year study of the New Testament on this same ground, landing on Luke 24 and the road to Emmaus. Two disciples walked seven miles home in grief, their hope expressed in the past tense: they had hoped Jesus was the one to redeem Israel. Jesus came alongside them, opened the scriptures from Moses and the prophets, and then made himself known at the table in the breaking of bread. The teaching at First B Jackson keeps coming back to what the angels said that first morning: why look for the living among the dead? What Jesus said would happen had happened exactly as he said, and that fact changes everything for anyone willing to receive it.
Taught from John 20:1-18 · 1 Corinthians 15 · Luke 24:1-53 · John 11:43-44 · John 14:19
The passage taught · 1 Corinthians 15
1 Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,
2 by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
3 For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,
4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
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The messages that teach on it
- April 5, 2026 Eight Days That Changed the World The pastor walks through Holy Week day by day, from Palm Sunday to the empty tomb, showing how ancient prophecy and the resurrection still matter today.
- April 5, 2026 It Is Finished: Walking Through Holy Week A Holy Week walk through scripture and art, tracing Christ's final days from Palm Sunday to resurrection, and the finished work that makes salvation possible.
- April 20, 2025 He Is Not Here: The Tomb Is Empty A Wyoming pastor walks through John 20 on Easter Sunday, tracing Mary Magdalene's grief and joy at the empty tomb and explaining why the resurrection matters for everyone.
- April 20, 2025 He Is Not Here, He Is Risen Carl walks through John 20:1-18 on Resurrection Sunday, showing what the empty tomb, the grave cloths, and Mary hearing her name meant for those first witnesses and means for us.
- April 14, 2024 Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead Luke 24 traces the risen Jesus from an empty tomb to the Emmaus road, showing confused disciples how Scripture always pointed to a suffering and risen Christ.
Mentioned along the way
- September 28, 2025 Keep On Telling Your Story Paul stands before kings and governors in Acts 25-26, telling his story of meeting Jesus on the Damascus road. A sermon on sharing your faith without fear.
- September 28, 2025 Keep On Telling Your Story Paul stands chained before kings and governors in Acts 25-26, yet boldly tells his story. A reminder that God uses ordinary people to carry the gospel anywhere.
- August 31, 2025 Be Courageous: You Must Testify in Rome The pastor walks through Acts 23, 24, where Paul faces conspiracy, Roman courts, and a governor who hears the gospel, grows frightened, and walks away.
- August 31, 2025 Paul the Prisoner Paul stands trial before Felix, discusses faith, righteousness, and judgment, while Felix procrastinates on a decision that may never come again. From Acts 23-24.
- July 20, 2025 Acts 20: The Book of Acts Paul races toward Jerusalem, says goodbye to the Ephesian elders at Miletus, and leaves them with a charge to guard the flock and trust God's grace.
- July 20, 2025 Innocent of the Blood of All People Pastor Ray walks through Acts 20, where Paul says his goodbyes, raises a boy from the dead, and charges the Ephesian elders to guard God's flock with their lives.
- June 15, 2025 His Spirit Was Provoked Paul walks into Athens full of idols, finds an altar to an unknown god, and uses it to introduce the one who made everything and raised a man from the dead.
- June 15, 2025 His Spirit Was Provoked The pastor walks through Acts 17 as Paul reasons with Epicurean and Stoic philosophers in Athens, showing how to present the gospel to people who worship everything but God.
- November 24, 2024 By What Power Have You Done This Peter and John before the Sanhedrin: how two ordinary fishermen answered threats with bold prayer, and why the gospel cannot be contained by any human authority.
- November 24, 2024 There Is Salvation in No One Else Peter and John face the Sanhedrin after healing a lame man, boldly declaring salvation through Jesus alone while the early church prays for courage to keep preaching.
- November 24, 2024 There Is Salvation in No One Else Peter and John face the Sanhedrin after healing a lame man, boldly declaring salvation through Jesus alone, then praying for courage rather than safety.
- April 14, 2024 Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead Luke 24 sermon on the resurrection and the road to Emmaus: why the disciples struggled to believe the good news, and what it means to be witnesses today.
- April 7, 2024 He Is Not Here, He Has Risen Pastor Mark walks through Matthew's resurrection account, examining the women at the tomb, the guards' bribe, the Great Commission, and what it means when believers still doubt.
- April 7, 2024 He Has Risen Just As He Said Ray preaches Matthew 28 on resurrection, doubt and the Great Commission, then leads First Baptist Jackson in communion and sends off J Zone missionaries to Zambia.
- March 31, 2024 He Is Risen: The Map to Get You Home Brad Yates preaches on 1 Corinthians 15 at Easter, making the case that the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christian faith and the source of real, unshakable hope.
- March 31, 2024 Christ Is Risen: The Map to Get Home Brad Yates opens God's Word on Easter Sunday to show why the resurrection of Jesus is the foundation of Christian hope, not just a seasonal celebration.
- November 12, 2023 You Are Greatly Mistaken Ray teaches from Matthew on Holy Week Tuesday: Jesus silences Sadducees on resurrection, names the greatest commandments, and warns against hypocrisy and pride.
- November 12, 2023 You Are Mistaken Ray walks through Holy Week's busiest day, as Jesus silences the Sadducees and Pharisees, and calls his followers to genuine humility, love, and faith.
- June 27, 2022 The King Who Came to Serve Jesus confronts religious leaders in Mark 12, teaching that true faith means loving God wholeheartedly, not performing for others, and that resurrection life is real.
- April 17, 2022 Why Do You Seek the Living Among the Dead Easter Sunday sermon tracing Jesus' resurrection through Luke's Gospel: the empty tomb, the road to Emmaus, and the call to be witnesses to the risen Christ.
- April 11, 2022 He Meets Us Right Where We Are John 20 shows Jesus meeting Mary, the disciples, and Thomas right where they were, in grief, fear, and doubt, and offering each one peace and purpose.
- March 1, 2022 He Lives: The Good News of the Resurrection John 20 shows Jesus rising from the dead and appearing personally to Mary, the disciples, and doubting Thomas. His first words: peace be with you.
- April 21, 2019 It Is Finished Tracing the story of Holy Week through Scripture and art, the pastor follows Jesus from the triumphal entry to the empty tomb and the finished work of the cross.
- April 21, 2019 It Is Finished Easter sermon on the resurrection of Jesus Christ, tracing prophecies from Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53 to the empty tomb and the hope believers carry forward.
- April 1, 2018 Knowing and the Resurrection Easter sermon on Luke 24 and Acts 1: two disciples walk to Emmaus not yet recognizing the risen Jesus, and what it means to truly know the resurrection.
- April 16, 2017 His Hour Had Not Yet Come Randy reflects on grief, friendship, and the resurrection, tracing Jesus's "hour" through John's Gospel and finding hope in a risen Christ who wept with us.
- March 27, 2016 Easter Worship & Contemporary Praise (3) Ray walks through John 20 on Easter Sunday, showing how Jesus met Mary, the disciples, and Thomas with peace, purpose, and power after His resurrection.
- March 27, 2016 Peace, Purpose, and Power in the Resurrection A Wyoming pastor walks through John 20 on Easter Sunday, showing how the risen Jesus brought peace, purpose, and power to Mary Magdalene, the disciples, and Thomas.
- December 13, 2015 The Greatest Love Christmas Play (4) A Christmas and Easter drama retelling the story of Jesus, from the manger to the empty tomb, performed by the congregation of First Baptist Jackson.
- April 5, 2015 He Is Risen: Past, Present, and Future Easter sermon from First Baptist Jackson on the resurrection of Jesus, what it means to believe, and how that belief shapes the way we live today and into the future.
- March 1, 2015 The Resurrection Makes All the Difference Paul grounds daily risk, dying to self, and moral vigilance in one truth: Christ rose. Without the resurrection, nothing holds. With it, everything changes.
- February 22, 2015 Heresy Thrives on Felt Need When people die suddenly, grief creates a hunger for more than Scripture says. Pastor Ray examines how that hunger fuels heresy, and why the resurrection is enough.
- February 8, 2015 But in Fact, Christ Has Been Raised Paul's "if-then" logic in 1 Corinthians 15 shows what falls apart if Christ stayed dead, then flips it: since He rose, our faith, hope and forgiveness stand firm.
- January 25, 2015 Christ Is Risen: Stand Firm on the Gospel Pastor Carl walks through 1 Corinthians 15 to show why the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus is the firm foundation on which Christians can stand firm in any circumstance.
- December 8, 2013 What Did You See, Feel, Do, and Say? Paul in Athens meets two rival philosophies with one message: God has set a day of judgment, and Jesus risen from the dead is proof. Turn to Him now.
- June 23, 2013 Continuing Acts, Traditions (2) Peter and John face arrest for preaching resurrection, yet the early church responds not with fear but with bold prayer to a sovereign God who rules over all things.
- May 12, 2013 Tell the World!, Morning Praise (2) Scott Eichen shares why followers of Jesus must be passionate about proclaiming the gospel, and announces his family's calling to plant a church in Littleton, Colorado.
- May 12, 2013 Tell the World, Traditions (2) Scott shares the resurrection account from Mark 16 and challenges believers to proclaim the gospel, while announcing his family's calling to plant a church in Littleton, Colorado.