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 in the courtroom knows this. The judge [...]

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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 was the impact of Easter [...]

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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 Lord”
Of course, the story was very different [...]

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