Tag: conflict

• Sermon of May 24, 2015–“Consumed”

  Acts of the Apostles, Chapter 2 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.3Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue…

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  May 26, 2015

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  1 Corinthians, Comfort, conflict, David Lose, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Pentecost, resources, St. Paul, surprise, trouble, working preacher

• 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 December 7, 2014–“Things That Make For Peace”

  Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The…

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  December 8, 2014

  Sermons HCE

  angels, Annunciation, compromise, conflict, confusion, cross, CS Lewis, division, evil, Gabriel, good, grey areas, Jesus Christ, John the Baptist, King Herod, King of Kings, Kingdom of God, listening, Luke 1:26-38, Manicheanism, Mary, ministry of peace, miracles, palace, Peace, prejudice, religious authorities, slaughter of the innocents, society, Son of God, throne, understanding, violence, world of eternals

• Sermon of October 5, 2014–“Jesus: The Lamb of God”

  Matthew 21:33-46 “Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country.34When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his…

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  October 6, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE

  celebrity culture, Communion, conflict, dispute, ebola, Eucharist, failure, Ferguson MO, Gospel, harvest, Holy Spirit, human frailty, ISIS, Jeremiah, Jesus, John the Baptist, judgment, Kent Brantley, Lamb of God, landlord, Len Matthews, Lord’s Supper, Madeline L’Engle, Matthew 21, Mission, Missionaries, moralism, Moses, Nancy Writebol, New Year’s Resolutions, Parable of the Tenants, pastors, prophets, Richard Sacra, sacrificial lamb, SIM Missions, Transformation, vineyard, Willpower, Worldwide Communion

• Sermon of June 22, 2014–“School’s Out!”

  Matthew 10:24-39 24“A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a slave above the master;25it is enough for the disciple to be like the teacher, and the slave like the master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign those of his household! 26“So have no fear of…

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  June 23, 2014

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  12 disciples, ascension, Barbara Brown Taylor, Bellaire High School Ohio, communism, conflict, Creative Commons License, Disciples, Discipleship, East Germany, eisegesis, family, forgiveness, Fred Craddock, hate, honor, Jesus as teacher, Lebanon PA, Love, Martyr’s Mirror, Matthew 10, Matthew 5, persectuion, refugees, risk, secret police, secularism, Sermon on the Mount, students, teacher

• Sermon of February 23, 2014–“Love Is Where You Find It”

  Matthew 5:38-48  38“You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39But I say to you, Do not resist an evildoer. But if anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other also; 40and if anyone wants to sue you and take your coat, give your cloak…

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  February 24, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  An Interpretation of Christian Ethics, Atticus Finch, C.S. Lewis, Christian Realism, conflict, double love commandment, duty, Eleazar Fernandez, evangelism, feeling, Harper Lee, Jesus Christ, kinship, labor unions, Love, love command, love of enemies, managment, Matthew 5, maturity, Mere Christianity, muscle memory, obligation, patriotism, perfection, Practice, reaching across the aisle, reasons to love, Reinhold Niebuhr, Sermon on the Mount, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tom Robinson, Ukraine, Union Seminary in the Philippines, United Seminary, Valentine’s Day, Venezuela

• “The God Season”–Sermon of August 18, 2013

  Luke 12:49-56 49-53 “I’ve come to start a fire on this earth—how I wish it were blazing right now! I’ve come to change everything, turn everything rightside up—how I long for it to be finished! Do you think I came to smooth things over and make everything nice? Not so. I’ve come to disrupt and confront!…

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  August 19, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  conflict, Coptic Christians, current events, Egypt, Egyptian Christians, Flannery O’Connor, God season, health and wealth, Jesus Christ, Luke 12, Mark Twain, persecution, politics, problem solving, problems, racism, segregation, solutions, success, suffering, Thurgood Marshall, violence, Warner McGuinn

• Easter Sunday 2013–Matthew 28–“Gimmie Putt”

  After the sabbath, as the first day of the week was dawning, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2And suddenly there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord, descending from heaven, came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.3His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing…

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  April 4, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Notes From Pastor Hedden, Sermons HCE

  angel of the lord, angry birds, apostles, atonement, church, Communion, conflict, cross, Disciples, diversity, Easter, empty tomb, Eucharist, evangelism, exegesis, first day of the week, golf, Great Commission, Jesus, Matthew 28, Mission, Resurrection, safety, sanctuary, sending, The Lord’s Supper, theology