What to Watch & Read During Holy Week
Inspire your faith as you anticipate Easter.
What to Watch:
1.
The Chosen
If you haven’t yet seen the first-ever multi-season series about the life of
Jesus, now is the time to start! Now also playing on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.
2. Jesus Revolution
The true story of a national spiritual awakening in the early 1970s and its origins within a community of teenage hippies in Southern California.
3. God’s Not Dead
College philosophy professor Mr. Radisson's curriculum is challenged by his new student, Josh, who believes God exists.
The Passion of the Christ focuses on the last 12 hours of Jesus' life,
culminating in the brutality of Jesus' crucifixion.
Please note: This is rated “R” and not suitable for children.
Filled with music, mechanical chickens, and way too many plastic Easter eggs—An Easter Carol will be an instant holiday classic.
6. Risen
Risen follows the epic Biblical story of the Resurrection, as told
through the eyes of a non-believer.
7. The Story of Easter (Jesus' Sacrifice) - Saddleback Kids Saddleback Church
A great video for kids that explains the story of Easter. Entertaining for the whole family to watch.
What to Read:
A 5-day devotional on YouVersion
What’s so important about Easter? Why is there so much interest in a person born 2,000 years ago? Why do we need him? Why did he come? Why did he die? In this plan, Nicky Gumbel shares answers to those very questions
A.J Swoboda
A Glorious Dark invites you into the tension of the tragedy of Good Friday and the celebration of Easter Sunday—and how we can embrace the in-between moments in our own lives.
C.S. Lewis
Preparing for Easter is a concise, handy companion for the faithful of all Christian traditions and the curious to help them deepen their knowledge and consideration of this holy season.
Max Lucado
Max Lucado invites you to walk with Jesus in the week leading up to the crucifixion: feeling his passion, sensing his authority, and hearing his promise that death has no power.
This devotional series is framed around the roads Jesus took en route to Calvary and beyond. Each day’s meditation points to the essential purpose of Jesus’s journey and what we must learn from it in order to fully appreciate the significance of the cross and the resurrection.