Monthly Archives: April 2009

You are my witnesses

27 April, 2009 – 8:57 am

delivered 26 April 2009 by Rev. Dr John Evans Acts 3:12-19 Psalm 4 1 John 3:1-7 Luke 24:36b-48 Michael Connelly, a writer of legal thrillers, begins his latest book The Brass Verdict with these words: Everybody lies.  Cops lie. Lawyers lie. Witnesses lie. The victims lie.  A trial is a contest of lies. And everybody [...]

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Is there life after Easter?

19 April, 2009 – 1:28 pm

delivered on 19 April 2009 by Rev. Dr John Evans Acts 4:32-35 1 John 1:1-2:2 John 20:19-31 The question I wish to explore this morning is about the impact of Easter – this amazing discovery that Jesus, the crucified one, was no longer dead, but alive.  If you like: is there life after Easter?  What [...]

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I have seen the Lord

13 April, 2009 – 11:49 am

delivered 12 April 2009 by Rev. Dr John Evans Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Cor. 15:1-11 John 20:1-18 Mary Magdalene, that interesting, controversial supporter of Jesus, enthusiastically announces to the disciples that Easter morning: “I have seen the Lord.”  John 20:18 says: Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the [...]

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