Tag: forgiveness

• February 5, 2017 Sermon — “The Super Bowl of Sermons”

  

  Matthew 5:1-12 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying: 3 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 ‘Blessed…

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  February 6, 2017

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA

  Annie Dillard, Beatitudes, Bible, blessing, cost of discipleship, cross, danger, dangerous, denial of self, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Discipleship, Extraordinary Justice, featured, forgiveness, God and money, ice cream, immigration, innocent suffering, Jesus and the Cross, Justice, knowledge, love for enemies, Matthew 10:38, Matthew 5, Matthew 5:20, Matthew 5:23-24, Matthew 5:43-44, Matthew 6:24, meek, mourn, obedience to Jesus, peacemakers, poor in Spirit, reconciliation, refugees, righteousness, Sermon on the Mount, sin, suffering, Syria, take up your cross, Teaching a Stone to Talk, the cross, the world, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, Weisbaden, widsom

• August 7, 2016 Sermon — “Be Careful What You Wish For”

  

  1 Samuel 8:1-19 When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel. 2The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beer-sheba. 3Yet his sons did not follow in his ways, but turned aside after gain; they took bribes and perverted justice. 4 Then…

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  August 8, 2016

  Hills Church Export PA, Sermons HCE

  1 Samuel 8, 2 Corinthians 5:19, army, Book of Judges, Christ’s Pattern, community of Moses, Compassion, conscience, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, duty-bound, Emmanuel, ethics, featured, following orders, forgiveness, Genesis 19, God reconciles, God with us, idolatry, Isaiah 7:14, Jesus Christ, Judges, Kingdom, Kingship, Lot’s wife, Matthew 1:23, Matthew 5, militarism, Monarchy, morals, Paper dolls, Peace, peacemakers, peacemaking, rejection, sin, success, taxes, true discipleship, turning the older cheek, violence, wealth

• 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

• March 6, 2016 Sermon– “God’s Mysterious Forgiveness”

  

  Genesis 45:1-8 Then Joseph could no longer control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, ‘Send everyone away from me.’ So no one stayed with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.2And he wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard it.…

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  March 7, 2016

  Sermons HCE

  Brothers, damage, Father forgive them, featured, Forgiven, forgiveness, Genesis 45:1-8, Golden Rule, grudge, grudges, Jesus Christ, Jesus’ blood, Joseph, Justice, Luke 15, Luke 23:34, Luke 6:31, Matthew 6:9-13, Matthew 7:12, orthodox belief, outcomes, prayer, sin, standardized testing, testing, the Prodigal Son

• Sermon of October 11, 2015–When God spoke, Jesus . . . .

  Hebrews 4:12-16 12Indeed, the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul from spirit, joints from marrow; it is able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. 13And before him no creature is hidden, but all are naked and laid bare to the eyes…

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  October 13, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  Aryan Clause, audience, Berlin, Bonhoeffer, clean water, Dietrich Bonhoffer, Discipleship, emmanuel church, forgiveness, God speaks to us in Jesus, guilt, Gustavo Gutierrez, hearing, Hebrews 4, HIV/AIDS, humility, innocence, Jesus as friend, Jesus as High Priest, Jesus as King, Jesus as prophet, Jesus as Word, Jesus Christ, Jesus the Jew, John 9, liberation theology, listening, Nazi Germany, politicians, politics, practical atheism, preferential option for the poor, presidential, presidents, question, racisim, sacrifice, seminary, sin, South Africa, the poor, wealth, Who are you Jesus?, word of god

• Sermon of May 3, 2015–“In the Vines”

  John 15:1-8 ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. 2He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. 3You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. 4Abide in me as I…

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  May 4, 2015

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  abide, Acts 17, ethics, forgiveness, Jesus Christ, John 15, judgment, judgmentalism, morals, Paul, peacemaking, Sermon on the Mount, Tony Campolo, vines

• Sermon of March 8, 2015–“What’s in your Wallet?”

  Romans 12:1-2 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what…

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  March 9, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  Amway, Apartheid, Balkanization, body, Cleansing of the Temple, Confirmation, conform, cross, cycle of violence, Desmond Tutu, Disney, eternal life, finances, forgiveness, giving away your life, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus’ values, John 2, living sacrifice, militarism, money, Nelson Mandela, Obedience, Peace, Romans 12, sacrifice, sacrificial system, screen time, South Africa, St. Paul, technology, Transformation, trust, Truth and Reconciliation Comission, violence, wallet

• 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 March 30–“Who is Whole?”

  John 9:1-12 As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4We must work the works of…

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  March 31, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  alcholism, allergies, analyze, arizona, artifice, blame, Blindness, Breakfast At Tiffany’s, conversion, depression, desert, Disciples, fault, forgiveness, garden, gardening, hayfever, Healing, Holly Golightly, homelessness, Houghton College, invasive species, Jesus Christ, John 9, John Leax, man born blind, Mark Twain, Matthew 7:4, miracles, miracles of jesus, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, Opryland, Out Walking, Pharisees, predators, sight, signs and wonders, solution, stink bugs, testimony, theodicy, Truman Capote, wanderlust, Wil Willimon, zebra mussels

• Sermon of February 16, 2014–“Deeper Magic From Before the Dawn of Time”

  Matthew 5:21-37 21“You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to judgment.’ 22But I say to you that if you are angry with a brother or sister, you will be liable to judgment; and if you insult a brother or sister, you…

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  February 17, 2014

  Notes From Pastor Hedden, Sermons HCE

  adultery, anger, Aslan, atonement, C.S. Lewis, cross, Deeper Magic, Disciples, divorce, ethics, exaggeration, forgiveness, gift, grace, grudges, humility, hyperbole, Jesus Christ, Kingdom of God, lust, Machiavelli, Matthew 5, morality, pride, reconciliation, Sermon on the Mount, sin, strength, The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe, The White Witch, will to power