Monthly Archives: August 2010

The Good Life

30 August, 2010 – 8:14 am

Delivered on 29 August,2010 By Rev Dr John Evans Jeremiah 2:4-13 Psalm 81:1, 10-16 Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16 Luke 14:1, 7-14 Today I wish to consider “the good life”. What is it – how do we get it? The good life could be described in many ways – a fulfilled life; perhaps a life lived with [...]

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Elections and Prophets

23 August, 2010 – 8:48 am

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 22 August 2010 Jeremiah 1:4-10 Psalm 71:1-6 Hebrews 12:18-29 Luke 13:10-17 In the commissioning of the prophet Jeremiah it was said “See I today appoint you over nations and over kingdoms, to pluck up and to pull down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant.” [...]

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some Hard Words of Jesus

15 August, 2010 – 11:54 am

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 15 August, 2010 Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 Have you ever been watching the news, or reading the paper and thought: that can’t be right? Early in January 2005 we had been overseas for a holiday. We were only away three weeks; not [...]

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Our 1st Conversation at The Clare

9 August, 2010 – 8:13 pm

The Church of All Nations has launched a cultural program it calls Australia Dreaming. Its first offering is a series of ‘conversations’ with notable public figures exploring “What I believe and why.” They happen one evening a month at the Clare Castle Hotel on the corner of Palmerston and Rathdowne Streets, where some very good [...]

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Sacrifices and Purses

8 August, 2010 – 12:05 pm

Delvered by Rev Dr John Evans On Sunday 8 August, 2010 Isaiah 1:1, 10-20 Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23 Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40 If one was looking for a title to this sermon today, it could be “Purses and Sacrifices”, or if you were here last Sunday, you might also call it “Possessions: The Sequel”. In [...]

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What Possesses Us

1 August, 2010 – 9:15 am

Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans On Sunday 1 August, 2010 Hosea 11:1-11 Psalm 107:1-9, 43 Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 Jesus says  – Luke 12: 13 “ Take care! Be on your guard against all kind of possessions.”  Then later the apostle Paul says in his letter to the Colossians “Set you minds on things [...]

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