31 August, 2009 – 10:31 am
delivered 30 August 2009
by Rev. Dr John Evans
James 1:17-27
Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23
The migrant and refugee has always had a special place in the heart of God. The Hebrews were enjoined to care for the orphan, the widow and the alien in their midst. They were never to forget their own refugee experience of being aliens [...]
24 August, 2009 – 9:04 am
delivered 23 August 2009
by Rev. Dr John Evans
1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43
Psalm 84
John 6:56-69
A place, a place which we might call a holy place, a sacred place is important, but is it everything?
This is the question that arises when we look at the Old Testament reading of the opening of the Jerusalem temple built by King [...]
17 August, 2009 – 1:31 pm
delivered by Lauren Mosso
on 16 August 2009
John 6:51-58
‘I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’
In the ancient world, as in many places in the world today, bread is [...]
10 August, 2009 – 8:24 am
delivered on 9 August 2009
by Rev. Dr John Evans
John 6:35, 41-51
In the gospel account today we read, “Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said “I am the bread of life that came down from heaven” (Jn 6:41). Why, we may ask, would any one complain that Jesus was the bread of [...]
delivered 2 August 2009
by Rev. Dr John Evans
2 Samuel 11:26 - 12:13a
Ephesians 4:1-16
Our reading from Ephesians grapples with two issues that seem to have plagued the churches forever: the nature of church leadership and the elusive character of Christian unity. In the middle of this discussion, Paul concludes that “each of us was given grace [...]
