Easter Is Hope

Easter Is Hope

A child asks, “What is Easter?” His mother pauses—searching for the right words—and responds, “Easter is the season of hope!” With deep conviction she continues, “We hope in Jesus Christ. Because of Him, we have hope.”[1]

Easter’s sermon is one of hope—and one of newness. Hope in the Savior leads to “new dawns, new chapters, and new chances.”[2] Hope in the Savior ensures that each of us can experience new beginnings.

Pastor-poet John Keble Keeble wrote:

New mercies, each returning day,
Hover around us while we pray;
New perils past, new sins forgiven,
New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.[3]

Easter reminds us of Jesus’s complete victory over sin and death and all that His Atonement enables us to do. Because of His mercy, we have hope in the future—we can begin anew. Because of His grace, we can accomplish things we could never do on our own. Because of His Resurrection, death will not prevail—we will live again. Because of Him, even seemingly tragic endings still offer new beginnings.

A woman I’ve long looked up to lost two children and her husband to unexpected deaths a span of just  three years. She told me, “I’m not angry. I’m not mad at God.” She continued, “Shortly after my children’s deaths, I knelt in prayer begging for peace. I knew I could not fix this. Then, in my mind, I heard the words, ‘I’ve already fixed it for you—2,000 years ago.’ She said, the feeling that enveloped me changed everything. Today I stand as a witness that because of Him, our Easter Sunday will come.”[4]

Because of Him, “we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: … we glory in tribulations … knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope.”[5]

Because of Him, “all that is unfair in life can be made right through the Atonement of Jesus Christ.”[6] Because of Him, we can discover new beginnings and find joy in life’s journey—even amid distress, pain, and sorrow.

Because of Him, our Easter Sunday will come.

Easter is hope! Easter is Jesus Christ.

[1] See Moroni 7:41.
[2] Patrick Kearon, “Jesus Christ and Your New Beginning,” Liahona, Nov. 2025, 55.
[3] John Keble, “The Christian Year” (1827), gutenberg.org.
[4] Personal correspondence with Kaye Lynn Bastian on March 14, 2026.
[5] Romans 5:1–5.
[6] Preach my Gospel: A Guide to Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ (2023), 48.

April 05, 2026 – Easter Is Hope
Broadcast Number 5,038

The Tabernacle Choir
Orchestra at Tempe Square

Conductor
Mack Wilberg

Organist
Andrew Unsworth

Host
Derrick Porter

That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright
German hymn tune, arr. Mack Wilberg

Come, All People, Look and Wonder
Henry Smart, arr. Mack Wilberg

I Stand All Amazed
Charles Hutchinson Gabriel; arr. Andrew Unsworth

Jesus Has Risen
Thelma Johnson Ryser, arr. Ryan Murphy

I Know That My Redeemer Lives
Lewis D. Edwards, arr. Mack Wilberg

Because of Him
American folk hymn, arr. Mack Wilberg

Hail the Day That Sees Him Rise
Robert Williams, arr. Mack Wilberg