Tag: Discipleship

• 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

  Sermons HCE

  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 September 15, 2013–“Do You Have What It Takes?”

  1 Timothy 1:12-17 12 I am grateful to Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because he judged me faithful and appointed me to his service, 13even though I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a man of violence. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, 14and the grace of our Lord…

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  September 18, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  1 Timothy, 1 timothy 1, belief, blasphemer, christ jesus, cross, Discipleship, eternal life, faith, God the Father, immortal, invisible, Jesus Christ, Paul, persecutor, Ronald Reagan, Salvador Dali, sin, The Temptation of St. Anthony, Timothy, unbelief

• Sermon of July 8, 2012–“Ready or not, here I come!”

  Mark 6:1-13 6:1 He left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him.  6:2 On 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…

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  July 9, 2012

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE

  12 disciples, casting out demons, church, Discipleship, evangelsim, fruits of the spirit, galatians 5 22, Healing, hide and seek, Jesus, Mark 6, power, preparation

• Sermon of June 10, 2012–“Binding the Strong Man”

  Mark 3:20-35 3:20 and the crowd came together again, so that they could not even eat. 3:21 When his family heard it, they went out to restrain him, for people were saying, “He has gone out of his mind.” 3:22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, “He has Beelzebul, and by the…

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  June 11, 2012

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA, Notes From Pastor Hedden, Sermons HCE

  binding the strong man, Discipleship, evil, exorcism, forgiveness, giving, gustav dore, Healing, Mark 3, parable of the strong man, religion, Satan, unclean spirit, Victory in Jesus

• Sermon of April 15, 2012–“Sunday Evening”

  I’ve honestly never noticed the sentence that comes right after the “Peace be with you” statement of the Risen Jesus. I guess I’ve always just focused on that peace which passes all understanding. However, this year what came to me very strongly was the sentence which comes after the Peace: “As the Father has sent…

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  April 18, 2012

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  church, Discipleship, Doubting Thomas, Easter, first day of the week, John 20, Mission, ordination service, parallel texts, Peace, religion, Resurrection, Risen Jesus, theology

• Children’s Easter Lesson: How to Live Like Jesus

  http://youtu.be/IvYUq301J7s For several weeks leading up to Easter, Ryan’s lessons for the older youth (preteen/teen) and my lessons for the younger youth paved the way for the story of Easter. Ryan unvelied the personalities and history of each disciple as I taught the younger kids (ages 4+) various things about Jesus’s life. And more recently,…

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  April 17, 2012

  Uncategorized, Youth Group HCE

  Disciples, Discipleship, Discipline, Easter, Easter sunday school lesson, How to live like Jesus, Jesus, teach, video, Youth Group

• Sermon of February 26–“Called to Inconvenience”

  We began our sermon series for Lent called–The Power of Kingdom Living–and the focus is how to live day by day in a complex, confusing world. My focus this week was a little known prophet, Miciah ben Imlah from 1 Kings Chapter 22. He prophesied about the truth, even though he knew it might cost…

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  March 1, 2012

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  1 Kings 22, authenticity, baptism, Calling, Discipleship, inconvenience, Lent, Miciah, prophet, Relationship, Social Ministry

• Sermon of February 12, 2012–“The Greatest Show On Earth”

  Photo: Copyright Paul McIlroy and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Licence” 1 Corinthians 9:24-27: 24Do you not know that in a race the runners all compete, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win it. 25Athletes exercise self-control in all things; they do it to receive…

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  February 15, 2012

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  1 Corinthians, 1 corinthians 9, Advertising, Commercialism, Discipleship, Discipline, Forer Test, PT Barnum, self control, sermon

• Thursday Morning Update–January 19, 2012

  Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, This Sunday is the Third Sunday after Epiphany and in worship we will be talking about the call to the disciples, as recorded in Mark’s Gospel Chapter 1. We will also be Affirming the Ministry of Ryan Lucas, who is a Member in Discernment and Student in…

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  January 19, 2012

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  Adjourned Congregational Meeting, Boy Scout Sunday, Discipleship, Emmanuel’s Emergent Experience, small group ministry, United Church of Christ in the Philippines

• Sermon of January 15, 2012–God’s Choice, Not Mine

  This past Sunday’s sermon was a reflection on Jesus’ calling the disciples as we have it in John’s Gospel, Chapter 1:43-51. I’ll get another crack at a similar story this upcoming Sunday when I’ll be preaching on Mark’s version of the calling of the disciples in Mark 1:14-20. God’s Choice, not mine

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  January 18, 2012

  Sermons HCE

  Call, Discipleship, Jesus, Nathanael, Phillip, Priesthood of Beleivers