Tag: heaven

• “The Kingdom Calls for Detachment” –Sermon of February 3, 2019

  

  Matthew 6:7-34 “When you are praying, do not heap up empty phrases as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 “Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven,     hallowed be…

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  February 4, 2019

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

  Bonnie Thurston, Christian ministry, Compassion, earthly things, featured, heart, heaven, impermanence, Jesus Christ, Material World, Matthew 6, Matthew 6:7-34, money, Peter Menzel, treasure, wealth

• Sermon of January 13, 2019 — “Feasting in the Forest”

  

  Matthew 3:1-17 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” 3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord,    make straight paths for him.’”[a 4 John’s clothes were made of camel’s…

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  January 15, 2019

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

  Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, banquet, baptism, Batpism of Christ, change, featured, forest, heaven, judgment, Mark Twain, Matthew 3:1-17, music, re-calculating, Repentance, turning, wilderness

• Sermon of August 23, 2015: “God Moved Into the Neighborhood”

   1 Kings 8:22-30, 41-43 22 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands to heaven. 23He said, ‘O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and steadfast love for your servants who walk…

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  August 24, 2015

  Sermons HCE

  1 Chronicles 28, 1 Kings 8, death, Eugene Peterson, family bible, Follow the Plan, future, goals, God’s dwelling, heaven, incarnation, Jack Welch, Jerusalem Temple, Jesus as temple, Jesus Christ, John 1:14, King David, objectives, parenthood, Peter Drucker, Solomon, tension, The Message, the Name, The Name of God, the name of Jesus

• Confirmation Sermon–“Home Improvement: Making Renovations”

  John 14:1-14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in God, believe also in me. 2In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come…

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  May 19, 2014

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  catholic church, Confirmation, heaven, Jesus, John 14, mansions, personality, rooms, universal church, Worldwide Church

• Sermon of March 16–“Happy Birthday”

  John 3:1-17 Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews.2He came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from the presence of God.” 3Jesus answered him, “Very…

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  March 17, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  baptism, Born again, Ephesus, Gospel, Halloween, heaven, Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, John 3:16, John 3:3, Kingdom of God, Mark Kosper, Mary’s House, Nicodemus, pushing the envelope, renewal, renewal of baptism, Rhythms of Grace, shock jocks, turkey, water

• All Saints Sermon–November 3, 2013

  Luke 19:1-10 He entered Jericho and was passing through it. 2A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3He was trying to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was short in stature. 4So he ran ahead and climbed a…

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  November 4, 2013

  Sermons HCE

  All Saints’ Day, Bay Psalm Book, Ben Witherington, Book of Revelation, heaven, joy, Luke 19, Matthew 5, pilgrims, puritans, Revelation, saints, Sermon on the Mount, singing, Zacchaeus

• Sermon of April 21, 2013–“The Beautiful Temple”

  Revelation 7: 9-17 After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They cried out in a loud voice, saying, ‘Salvation belongs to…

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  April 22, 2013

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

  blood of the lamb, christianity, Exodus, heaven, Jesus the Good Shepherd, passover, Passover Lamb, politics, prayer, religion, Revelation 7, salvation belongs to our god, self-help, sin, the Lamb of God, The Temple, theology, violence, worship, worshipped god

• Sermon of August 12, 2012–“A Well-balanced Diet”

  John 6:35, 41-51 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 6:41 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 6:42 They were…

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  August 13, 2012

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

  balanced diet, Bread of Life, Charlie Brown, christianity, Consumption, Digestion, etermal life, father and mother, heaven, hunger, I am the Bread of Life, John 6, live forever, manna, religion, Religiousity decline, Sleeping with Bread, Spiritual Hunger, The Father’s Plan

• All Saints’ Sermon–“The History of Heaven”–November 7, 2010

  Did you ever wonder what heaven is like? How can you tell what it’s really like versus someone’s opinion about heaven? Here is my modest attempt to talk about heaven in a Biblical way. 001_A_003_jhedden_101106_001_2010_11_06 P.S.–If you are interested, I got a little help for this sermon from Henry Harbaugh’s (1817-1867) (pictured here) writings on…

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  November 8, 2010

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

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