Category: Sermons HCE

• Sermon of September 13, 2015–“Jesus in the Driver’s Seat”

  Mark 8:27-38 27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’28And they answered him, ‘John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.’ 29He asked them, ‘But who do you say that I…

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  September 14, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  belief, driver’s seat, dying to Christ, Glory, Jesus Christ, losing your life, Messiah, persecution, Peter’s confession, Soviet Union, steadfastness, suffering, take up your cross, USSR, witness

• Sermon of August 23, 2015: “God Moved Into the Neighborhood”

   1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to heaven. 23He said, ‘O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk…

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  August 24, 2015

  Sermons HCE

  1 Chronicles 28, 1 Kings 8, death, Eugene Peterson, family bible, Follow the Plan, future, goals, God’s dwelling, heaven, incarnation, Jack Welch, Jerusalem Temple, Jesus as temple, Jesus Christ, John 1:14, King David, objectives, parenthood, Peter Drucker, Solomon, tension, The Message, the Name, The Name of God, the name of Jesus

• Sermon of August 16, 2015–“Dreams to Remember”

  1 Kings 2:10-12; 3:3-14 10 Then David rested with his ancestors and was buried in the City of David. 11 He had reigned forty years over Israel—seven years in Hebron and thirty-three in Jerusalem. 12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his rule was firmly established. 3 Solomon showed his love for the Lord…

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  August 17, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  1 Kings 2:10-12, 1 Kings 3:3-14, burnt offerings, Circumstance, discerning heart, dreams, economics, faith, fame, Gibeon, God the Father, grace, heart with the skill to listen, Jesus Christ, King Solomon, labor, ministry with God, Obedience, People of God, Pomp, power, profits, Psalm 21, recognition, renown, riches, shrewdness, Solomon, wealth, welfare of the people

• Sermon of July 5th–“Sent-er Field”

  Mark 6:1-13 He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. 2On the sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astounded. They said, “Where did this man get all this? What is this wisdom that has been given to him? What deeds of…

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  July 6, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  active ministry, apostles, being sent, class, contexts, Disciples, Discipleship, Durand United Church of Christ, estrangement, food insecurity, go, Hamberger Helper, Healing, hospitals, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, Made to Stick, Melissa Studzinski, ministry, Mission, Peace, poverty, prejudice, race, retirement home, sent by Jesus, travel light, Trayvon Martin, Walking around money

• Sermon of June 7, 2015–“Getting It Right”

  Mark 3:20-30 And the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat.When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, ‘He has gone out of his mind.’ And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, ‘He has Beelzebul, and by the ruler of the demons…

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  June 11, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, family, fear, Gospel, Jesus Christ, law, madness, Mark 3:20-30, patience, technonogy

• Sermon of April 26, 2015–“Road Map”

  “The Church is more a road map than a place; it is more an invitation than a location.” John 10:11-18 11“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12The hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves…

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  April 27, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  Book of Judith, church, Discipleship, economy, faux leadership, fraud, invitation, Israel, Jesus Christ, Jesus the Good Shepherd, John 10:11-18, Kingdom of God, leadership, Matthew 6:33-34, Palestine, personality, politics, road map, teacher, unChristian, United Church of Christ in the Philippines

• Sermon of March 22, 2015–“Salvation and Seedlots”

  John 12:20-33 20Now among those who went up to worship at the festival were some Greeks. 21They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and said to him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22Philip went and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23Jesus answered them, “The hour has…

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  March 23, 2015

  Calendar HCE, From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  7 churches, acorn, blood pressure, cholesterol, cross, crucifixion, death, Discipleship, each generation, grace, health, human face of Jesus, increase of life, Jesus Christ, John 12, making the faith its own, nones, past, Revelation, secularism, seeds, signs, trees, United Church of Christ

• Sermon of March 8, 2015–“What’s in your Wallet?”

  Romans 12:1-2 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what…

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  March 9, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  Amway, Apartheid, Balkanization, body, Cleansing of the Temple, Confirmation, conform, cross, cycle of violence, Desmond Tutu, Disney, eternal life, finances, forgiveness, giving away your life, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus’ values, John 2, living sacrifice, militarism, money, Nelson Mandela, Obedience, Peace, Romans 12, sacrifice, sacrificial system, screen time, South Africa, St. Paul, technology, Transformation, trust, Truth and Reconciliation Comission, violence, wallet

• Sermon of March 1, 2015–“Food for the Soul”

  Mark 8:31-38 31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But…

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  March 2, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  accuser, Bosch, conflict, cross, crucifixion, death, deny oneself, duty, ethics, giving, Jesus Christ, Mark 8, Mark 8:31-38, moral theology, Obedience, outcasts, pastors, Peace, persecution, Pharisees, prosecutor, reward, Satan, the cross

• Sermon of February 15, 2015–“Who What When Where Why Worship”

  Mark 9:2-10 2 After six days Jesus took Peter, James and John with him and led them up a high mountain, where they were all alone. There he was transfigured before them. 3 His clothes became dazzling white, whiter than anyone in the world could bleach them. 4 And there appeared before them Elijah and Moses, who were talking…

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  February 18, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  baptism, ethics, Exodus 20, John 4:24, morality, new world, science fiction, worldview, worship