Tag: economics

• February 26, 2017 Sermon — “I’ve been to the mountaintop!”

  

  Matthew 17:1-8 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. 2And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became dazzling white. 3Suddenly there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him.…

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  February 27, 2017

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

  Abraham and Isaac, aid, Beatitudes, Church of the Brethren, Dan West, David, economics, Elijah, failure of imagination, featured, forgiveness, God the Father, God the Father’s will, God’s rule, Heifer Project, heroes, imagination, Isaiah 2:4, Kingdom of God, losing, Matthew 17, Matthew 5, Matthew 5:23, Moses, mountains, Mt Carmel, Mt Sinai, Mt Tabor, Mt Zion, nonviolence, poor in Spirit, redemption of creation, relief, Snow White, Spanish Civil War, swords into plowshares, transfiguration, winning, wow factor

• Amos: A Kingdom Spinning Its Wheels

  

  Amos 5:21-27 21 I hate, I despise your festivals,    and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.  22 Even though you offer me your burnt-offerings and grain-offerings,    I will not accept them; and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals    I will not look upon.  23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;    I…

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  September 19, 2016

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

  Amos, Amos 1:2, Amos 2:4, Amos 5:21-27, cleansing, culture, economics, fraud, gluttony, hunger, Israel, James Limburg, Justice, Lady Jusice, mishpat, nations, poverty, prayer, prophet, prophets, righteousness, sermon, slavery, society, tzedakah

• July 3, 2016 Sermon– “Prone to Wander”

  

  Joshua 3:14-17, 24:1-4, 22-27 14 When the people set out from their tents to cross over the Jordan, the priests bearing the ark of the covenant were in front of the people. 15Now the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest. So when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan,…

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  July 5, 2016

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

  70 times 7, budget, Christian faith, Christian nurture, credit, economics, forgive, forgiveness, heal the sick, hope, index cards, Jesus Christ, Jesus’ commands, Jordan River, Joshua, Joshua 24, Joshua 3, lay away, losing our way, milk and honey, Moses, optimism, pessimism, politics, pray like this, prone to wander, reminders, Samson, Second Coming, stone, stone altar, stones, string on finger, Sunday School, the Lord’s Prayer, tomorrow, visit the prisoner, witness

• Sermon of February 21, 2016–“Family Feud”

  

  Genesis 27:5-33, 41 5 Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game and bring it, 6Rebekah said to her son Jacob, ‘I heard your father say to your brother Esau, 7“Bring me game, and prepare for me savoury food to eat, that I may…

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  February 22, 2016

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  12 tribes, accountant, birthright, blessing, Blindness, Confirmation Class, deception, economics, emmanuel church, Esau, family, featured, game, garbage collection, Genesis 27, goat, grace, greed, Greed is good, heroes, imagination, inheritance, Isaac, Israel, Jacob, Jacob’s ladder, law, money, morality, prayer, public good, Rebekah, self-help, selfishness, trouble, Turing Phameceuticals, utilitarianism, Wall Street, Westerns

• February 7, 2016 Sermon–“Puzzle Pieces”

  

  Genesis 12:1-4 12Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3I will bless…

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  February 9, 2016

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

  Abraham, Abram, anthony robinson, begin again, Canaan, covenant, decision tree, economics, featured, future, Genesis 12, gift, god, grace, Jesus as Word of God, John 1, journey, Mission, nations, new, new beginnings, now, pride, Promised Land, quest, Sarah, Sarai, setbacks, survival, trust, word, word of god

• 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 September 21, 2014–“Award for Last Place”

  Matthew 20:1-16 “For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2After agreeing with the laborers for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.3When he went out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; 4and…

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  September 22, 2014

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