Tag: Elijah

• 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

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• Sermon of January 22, 2017 — “Jesus’ Inaugural Sermon”

  

  Luke 4:14-30           14 Then Jesus, filled with the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and a report about him spread through all the surrounding country. 15He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by everyone.           16 When he came to Nazareth, where he had…

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  January 24, 2017

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

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• Sermon of February 10, 2013–“Objects in the Rearview Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear”

  Luke 9:28-36   Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. 9:29 And while he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became dazzling white. 9:30 Suddenly they saw two men, Moses and Elijah, talking to him. 9:31…

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  February 11, 2013

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

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• Sermon of September 16, 2012–“The Greatest Question”

  Mark 8:27-38 8:27 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?”  8:28 And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”  8:29 He asked them, “But who do…

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  September 17, 2012

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• Sermon of February 19th–“Fly the Friendly Skies”

  This sermon is basically about the tension between being ‘covered with Elijah’s mantle’ while in church and ‘running towards the chariot’ while out in the world. I don’t know that any of us live the tension very well–but it would be amazing if we could try! 2 Kings Chapter 2: 2Now when the Lord was…

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  February 23, 2012

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

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