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Reincarnation
Luke 15:11-24 | EV Church | 13/01/2013 | Andrew Heard
Andrew Heard unpacks reincarnation Religious viewpoint 1. Pessimistic view that life is oneness 2. Human is a dislocated part of that oneness 3. Separation from oneness, due to Karma. 4. Escape the wheel of life to be merged back to the oneness of life. Western optimistic view 1. Externality of life. Materialism has bred an arid landscape, if we are just machines. 2. Giving vent to justness and fairness. Past lives explain circumstances, and provides motivation for doing good. 3. Desire to be free from constraint. Allows accountability just for self, without an overarching deity that demands obedience. God came to seek and save the lost, breaking a cycle that we could never do, providing freedom from Karma and the ability to live as we were designed for.
The end of death - Good Friday
John 10:1-21 | EV Church | 15/04/2022 | Andrew Heard
This Good Friday we remember the Good Shepherd who lovingly laid down his life for us. Andrew Heard unpacks the offer of the good life that you won't find anywhere else other than in Jesus.
Romans 6:1-14
Romans 6:1-144 | EV Church | 21/07/2013 | Andrew Heard
Romans 6 answers the question, if we are saved by grace, do we really need to change at all? Christianity is all about change. The early chapters of Romans highlight the big issues of life, such as God's judgement of sin. Romans describes Two Realms * Adam - Sin, Death, Law, Condemnation, Old * Jesus/God - Life, Freedom, Righteousness, New Moving from Adam's realm to God's realm isn't possible by works, but by faith (Rom 5:1) Baptism is being incorporated into something, or identified with. Faith unites us with Christ and baptises us as a Christian. Died to Adam's realm in order that we can live a new life in God's realm. Free from being a slave to sin, and given power to live in God's realm. Grow and develop a discontent with the old self, whilst grow in contentment of the new life Discipline yourself to not let sin reign
Why are we here?
Luke 12:13-21 | EV Church | 17/01/2016 | Tim Baldwin
Tim Baldwin considers one of the biggest questions in life, "Why are we here?" highlighting that we are designed in order to be "rich towards God". Is it ok to decide your own purpose or should it be decided by our maker?
Everything in Christ
Ephesians 1:1-14 | EV Night | 5/11/2023 | Andrew Heard
What is the purpose of life? Why do we even exist? Andrew Heard speaks on the profound blessing we have in Jesus, that God has loved us so much to have revealed the mystery of life to us.
Everything in Christ
Ephesians 1:1-14 | EV Church | 5/11/2023 | Andrew Heard
What is the purpose of life? Why do we even exist? Andrew Heard speaks on the profound blessing we have in Jesus, that God has loved us so much to have revealed the mystery of life to us.
Money and Eternity
1 Timothy 6:3-21 | EV Church | 7/07/2024 | Grahame Fuller
The teachings on money in 1 Timothy 6 don't make sense to people who think this life is all there is. But the passage shows us there's a life that's truly life, which is the one in the age to come in eternity with our God, and this changes our whole approach to money.
Death is the End?
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 | EV Church | 20/01/2013 | Andrew Heard
Death is the end or something happens after this life are mutually exclusive. i.e only one of these statements can be right. The essence of who Jesus was, is bound up on the afterlife. John 11:21-26 Jesus primary purpose wasn't to be a moral teacher, but to be a ransom for many so that they live free in the afterlife for eternity. Mark 10:45 Believing that this life is all there is, leads to a thinking that one should pursue whatever provides the most pleasure, and one that has no morals and no justice. Perhaps we would rather live in the despair of nothing, than to acknowledge God and live under His service. Facing God on judgement day without Jesus' protection, is a fate worse than death. If there is life beyond (as claimed by Jesus), it has very serious ramifications.
THE DIFFERENCE JESUS MAKES when life feels overwhelming
Matthew 26:36-38 | EV Night | 11/01/2026 | Dan Ford
What difference does knowing Jesus make when life feels overwhelming? Dan Ford shows how Jesus is a sympathetic friend to the overwhelmed, and a Saviour from our most overwhelming circumstance to come - judgment.
You can have hope, no matter what.
Romans 8:28-39 | EV Church | 4/02/2024 | Jez Reynolds
What is your big hope for your life? Christianity offers a hope that is bigger, and more secure and solid than anything else in this life. Jez Reynolds shares from the Bible the evidence for this hope we can have in Jesus.