Tag: Exile

• January 8, 2017 Sermon — “Fashionably Late”

  

  Matthew 2 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2asking, ‘Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him homage.’ 3When King Herod…

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  January 12, 2017

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

  advice, amphitheaters, astrology, astronomy, Babylon, Babylonian Exile, bethlehem, Colin Cushman, disloyalty, dog, Exile, fame, featured, Fra Angelico, Griffith Observatory, Herod the Great, Iran, Iraq, jack in the box, jerusalem, Jerusalem Temple, Jesus as Word, King of the Jews, Korea, Magi, Martin Luther, Matthew 2, Messiah, murder, night, pagan temple, Persia, Roman Empire, Star of Bethlehem, star watching, surprises, Temple, Wise Men, word of god

• November 13, 2016 — “Come on Home”

  

  Ezra 1:1-4 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he sent a herald throughout all his kingdom, and also in a written edict declared: 2 ‘Thus…

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  November 14, 2016

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

  amnesia, Babylonian Exile, Bible Reading, building community, community, Cyrus the Persian, Exile, Ezra, Feast of Booths, featured, Google, Human rights, Israelites, jerusalem, Jerusalem Temple, Jews, joy, Nehemiah, Nehemiah 8:9, open bible, religious persecution, Richard Overton, technology, Temple, thanskgiving, worship

• “Babbling Babylonians”

  

  Translation of the mother/child image from the German: Diakonie: Emergency Help. ‘The largest disaster is forgetting.’ Ezekiel 34:1-17 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 Mortal, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel: prophesy, and say to them—to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord God: Ah, you shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds…

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  October 24, 2016

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

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• Sermon of December 9, 2012–“Reading the Introduction”

  Luke 1:68-79 68“Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has looked favorably on his people and redeemed them. 69He has raised up a mighty savior for us in the house of his servant David, 70as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 71that we would be saved from our enemies and…

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  December 13, 2012

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  Benedictus, Darkness, Exile, Gabriel, holy covenant, holy prophets, hope, John the Baptist, Luke 1, Peace, Prophecy, religion, servant david, Silence, theology, way of peace, Zechariah