19 September, 2011 – 7:40 am
Delievered by Rev Dr John Evans Sunday 18 Septebmer, 2011 Today is the third Sunday of this Season of Creation. Over this period we have been considering the wonders of our world, of God’s creation and celebrating the goodness of God. So we have thought about the trees and forests and last Sunday we considered [...]
12 September, 2011 – 8:24 am
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans Sunday 11 September, 2011 Genesis 3: 14-19; 4: 8-16 Psalm 139: 7-12 Romans 5: 12-17 Matthew 12:38-40 This is the second of our Sundays reflecting on God’s creation. Today we consider the earth, the land. Now I suggest there are a variety of ways in which may think about [...]
5 September, 2011 – 8:09 am
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans Sunday 4 September, 2011 Today we begin, during this first month of Spring and through this long period after Pentecost, the Season of Creation. This is will be a special time to give thanks to God for our world, and all of God’s creation; a time to praise God, [...]
29 August, 2011 – 7:48 am
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans Sunday 28 August, 2011 Exodus 3:1-15 Psalm 105:1-6, 23-26, 45b Romans 12:9-21 Matthew 16:21-28 During the week I was reading a book by the great Russian author, Leo Tolstoy. (This is the problem of living in Carlton – you can wander into Readings bookstore and end up buying all [...]
21 August, 2011 – 9:32 am
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans Sunday 21 August, 2011 Exodus 1:8-2:10 Psalm 124 Romans 12:1-8 Matthew 16:13-20 “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.” (Matthew 16:18) This is a significant text in the history of [...]
14 August, 2011 – 8:48 am
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans Sunday 14 August, 2011 Genesis 45:1-15 Psalm 133 Romans 11:1-2a, 29-32 Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28 It has been a turbulent time recently. The world economy is up and down, and though at the moment it would seem to be more down than up! But also some basic assumptions have [...]
Delivered by Rev Dr John Evans Sunday 7 August, 2011 Genesis 37:1-4, 12-28 Psalm 105: 1-6, 16-22, 45b Romans 10:5-15 Matthew 14:22-33 We continue with the great foundational stories of the Jewish people. Today’s is the story of Jospeh, Jacob’s son to Rachel. In this amazingly dysfunctional family, you may recall Jacob, who we now [...]
delivered 31 July 2011 by Rev. Dr John Evans Genesis 32:22-31Psalm 17:1-7, 15Romans 9:1-5Matthew 14:13-21 Today I want to talk about food and meals. When I was a principal of a university college, people would ask me what was a residential college. I had a simple answer – we, the residents, eat together. Of course [...]
delivered 24 July 2011 by Rev. Dr John Evans Genesis 29:15-28 Psalm 105:1-11, 45b Romans 8:26-39 Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52 In the great 8th chapter of Romans Paul explains and indeed extends his vision of the impact of Jesus Christ on our life in this way: We know the whole creation has been groaning in labour [...]
Delivered Sunday 17 July, 2011 By Rev Dr John Evans Genesis 28:10-19a Psalm 139:1-12, 23-24 Romans 8:12-25 Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 As I get older – possibly wiser – this often maligned parable of the wheat and the weeds becomes more and more significant, for me personally – and I think for our increasingly diverse and [...]
