Monthly Archives: May 2010

The Trinity and Us

Delievered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 30 May, 2010 Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 John 16:12-15 Today is Trinity Sunday. A full stop, perhaps an exclamation mark, to the sentence which describes this God we worship throughout the Christian year.  This is our God – a triune God: God the Creator, [...]

The Spirit of Truth

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 23 May, 2010 – Pentecost Acts 2:1-2 Psalm 104:24-34, 35b Romans 8:14-17 John 14:8-17, (25-27) In the interview of the week; perhaps of the year, the following was said on the 7.30 Report last Monday night (17 May, 2010) Tony Abbott: “All of us Kerry when we [...]

A church in the wolrd

Deleivered by Rev Dr John Evans On Sunday 16 May, 2010 Acts 16:16-34 Psalm 97 Revelation 22:12-14, 16-17, 20-21 John 17:20-26 If you have not noticed, Britain has a new Prime Minister. It has taken a while, however, out of a strange marriage of convenience, the leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron is now [...]

A church of “all Nations”

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 9 May, 2010 Acts 16:9-15 Psalm 67 Revelation 21:10, 22-22:5 John 14:23-29 In the afterglow of our 150th Anniversary this morning I propose to consider again what it means to be a Church of All Nations. Certainly our readings today prompt such a consideration of this description. [...]

All Things New

delivered on 2 May 2010 by Rev. Dr John Evans Acts 11:1-18 Psalm 148 Revelation 21:1-6 John 13:31-35 The world, it would seem is obsessed with newness. We are all familiar with the marketing ploy that something is new.  If it is soap powder it usually is “new, improved Sudso”.  One certainly would not be [...]