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Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Acts 8:26-40; (Luke 24:36b-48)] We are in the Easter season, in these 40 days Jesus appeared repeatedly to his disciples and taught them - what? We are not told - or are we? 
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Matthew 28:1-10; Acts 10:34-43; Colossians 3:1-4] Matthew's gospel records the women meeting Jesus alive after he had been dead for about 40 hours. In this sermon, Ian considers the evidence and its value as a basis of belief.
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45] What is happening in these two texts - metaphor, reality, resuscitation?
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: John 20:19-31; Acts 5:27-32] John has carefully presented his eyewitness account to give us the evidence we need to believe. So what will you do with it? What will flow out of such belief?
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Ephesians 1:15-23] We often look at the ascension from Luke accounts or even Daniel's vision. But Paul touches on it as well. What is it about, what does it mean?
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Texts: John 20:1-18; Acts 10:34-43] The crucifixion looks like the greatest disaster but ;that is not the whole story. The eye-witness accounts of the following Sunday morning change everything. The final outcome - Love Wins!
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text 1 Peter 3:13-22] The Apostle Peter continues telling us not to be afraid giving us the assurance that Christ is the Victor over evil powers. He goes on to teach about baptism. The power of baptism lies in the resurrection of Jesus.
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Matthew 28:1-10] His claims were extraordinary; his resurrection verified them - so how do you respond?
Preacher: Ian Hardcastle [Text: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45] Valley of the Dry Bones - Raising of Lazarus; What do you make of these stories? Metaphor/Resuscitation/Resurrection?
[Preacher: Ian Hardcastle. Text: 1 Kings 17:17-24; Acts 20:7-11; Luke 7:11-17] It seemed impossible - her son had died. Yet God made a way where there was no way.
1 Samuel 28:3-20; Acts 15:16-18; Luke 16:19-31 Saul consults a medium, Paul drives a demon out of a fortune teller; Jesus and the state of the dead. Do Old Testament prohibitions on the occult have any relevance to Christians?
Mark 16:1-8 Resurrection - not merely of historical interest but a life-changing event for us all!
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