delivered Sunday 25 July 2010 by Rev. Dr John Evans Hosea 1:2-10 Psalm 85 Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19) Luke 11:1-13 Prayer is a core aspect of the Christian faith. Prayer indeed is a core, observable aspect of any religion. Our Muslim friends have their regular times and pattern of prayer. We have the image of Jewish [...]
delivered 11 July 2010 by Rev. Dr John Evans Amos 7:7-17 Psalm 82 Colossians 1:1-14 Luke 10:25-37 Jesus’ story of the Good Samaritan is probably the best-known of all his parables. It is an oldie, but a goodie! The very image of the compassionate assistance of the Samaritan traveller has entered the language and the [...]
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans Sunday 4 July, 2010 2 Kings 5:1-14 Psalm 30 Galatians 6:(1-6), 7-16 Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Here is something to ponder. Has the cross, just the plain cross, become more than a just Christian symbol. Yes it is a Christian symbol, but is it actually now secular? Consider jewelry, road [...]
Delivered on Sunday 27 June, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans 2 Kings 2:1-2, 6-14 Psalm 77:1-2, 11-20 Galatians 5:1, 13-25 Luke 9:51-62 What a week. . . or was it just a matter of hours. Last week we saw a transferring of the mantle of authority and leadership from Kevin Rudd to Julia Gillard [...]
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 20 June, 2010 1 Kings 19:1-4, (5-7), 8-15a Psalm 42 and 43 Galatians 3:23-29 Luke 8:26-39 During the week I read how Eugene Peterson came to write the translation of the bible we know as the Message. A translation we used this morning. It is translation marked [...]
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 13 June, 2010 1 Kings 21:1-25 Psalm 5:1-8 Galatians 2:15-21 Luke 7:36-8:3 Introduction to the Reading of Naboth’s Vineyard After the death of King Solomon in 928 BC, his kingdom was divided between his two sons. Israel became the northern Kingdom with the capital in Shechem, and [...]
Church of All Nations marked Reconciliation Sunday on Sunday 6 June, 2010. Rev Willie Pickett, Chair of the Uniting Aboriginal and Islander Christian Congress in Victoria preached on the lectionary readings for the day. 1 Kings 17:8-16, (17-24) Psalm 146 Galatians 1:11-24 Luke 7:11-17 During the service the following act of commitment was undertaken by [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
