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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
delivered 25 April 2010 by Rev. Dr John Evans Acts 9:36-43 Psalm 23 Revelation 7:9-17 John 10:22-30 ANZAC Day is problematic for the preacher – especially when our regular Sunday worship falls on the actual day. All sorts of temptations arise. One is perhaps tempted to collapse the two events – our regular Sunday worship [...]
22 April, 2010 – 12:47 pm
Sermon delivered on 11 April 2010 by Rev. Alistair Macrae, President of the Uniting Church in Australia Acts 5:27-32 Psalm 118:14-29 Revelation 1:4-8 John 20:19-31 On occasions like this we are aware of the communion of saints … and that we stand on the shoulders of giants. Many stories have already been told in the [...]
Delivered 18 April, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Acts 9:1-6, (7-20) • Psalm 30 • Revelation 5:11-14 • John 21:1-19 There are some media images which are just seared into our mind. Mine come form the Vietnam war, or as the Vietnamese say, the American war. I think you know the ones: the young [...]
Delivered Easter Day, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Acts 10:34-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 1 Corinthians 15:19-26 John 20:1-18 Easter is about new life; resurrection; new beginnings, hope! Have you heard about the Fremantle Dockers? That little known AFL football club. My football club. A good source of my sermon illustrations about humility and hopelessness. [...]
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 28 March, 2010 Psalm 118:1-2, 19-29 Luke 19:28-40 As long as I can remember Palm Sunday has been a day of peace activism by Christians. Indeed it has been a day of peace activism, generally. When I lived in Canberra in the 1980’s, there were huge rallies [...]
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans on Sunday 14 March, 2010 Joshua 5:9-12 Psalm 32 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 The story of the two sons and their father is one of the great stories of Jesus. It resonates with us at many levels. We each have been the younger son – desperate to [...]
Delievered on Sunday 7 March, 2010 by Rev Dr John Evans Isaiah 55:1-9 Psalm 63:1-8 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Luke 13:1-9 In baseball there is a rule that says that if the game is two thirds of the way through the 9 innings of a full game, and one team is 10 runs ahead of the [...]
