Monthly Archives: January 2009

Sermon: The Baptism of the Lord

delivered 11 January 2009 by Rev. Dr John Evans Genesis 1:1-5 Acts 19:1-7 Mark 1:4-11 Our Bible readings today are about beginnings: in particular the big beginning, the creation of the world, and an equally big beginning, the commencement of Jesus’ ministry with his baptism by John the Baptist. At this time of the year [...]

Sermon: Happy New Year

delivered 4 January 2009 by Rev. Dr John Evans Ephesians 3:1-12 For Christmas I received Barack Obama’s Dreams from My Father, the book he wrote when he was a comparatively young man. He had just been elected the President of the Harvard Law Review – the first African American to do so. It is book [...]