Tag: Jesus Christ

• Happy Valentine’s Day from Emmanuel Reformed Church!

  Dear Friends and Members of Emmanuel Reformed Church, Thanks to all who made this past week’s “Sweetheart Dinner” so memorable!  It was a lot of fun!  Check out the photos from the event on our Facebook page. Sunday, February 16th is worship.  The sermon continues on through the Sermon on the Mount–Matthew 5:13-20.  The sermon title is…

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  February 14, 2014

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

  C.S. Lewis, discussion group, Everything you always wanted to know, forgiveness, Jesus Christ, Narnia, question and answer, Sermon on the Mount, Valentine’s Day

• Sermon of February 9, 2014–“Love On the Line”

  Matthew 5:13-20 13“You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. 14“You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hid. 15No one after lighting…

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  February 12, 2014

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

  active listening, black and white television, boasting, bragging, cell phone, conversation, Darkness, desert, devices, Dog Head Tilt, Edith Wharton, electricity, electronic media, Ethan Frome, facebook, Gospel of Matthew, guidance, hearing, Holy Spirit, humility, illumination, Jesus Christ, life before remote control, Light of the world, listening, Matthew 5, Me-too, media exposure, Michael Metzger, Pharisees, righteousness, scribes, self-centeredness, self-righteousness, Sermon on the Mount, technology, television, test pattern, turkey, tweeting

• Sermon of February 2, 2014–“Gesundheit!”

  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 are the meek,…

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  February 4, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  Beatitudes, Bergpredigt, bestsellers, blessedness, blessing, bread and cup, Christian Rohlfs, church, Communion, culture, future, Happiness, hope, illness, Jesus Christ, Johns Hopkins Hospital, joy, Justin Bieber, lottery, luck, makarios, Matthew 5, meal, meaning, meaning of life, meekness, Michael Jackson, money, near death experience, poor in Spirit, power, powerball, purity of heart, purpose, Richard Nixon, self-help, Sermon on the Mount, stroke, suffering, surgery, testimony

• Sermon for Ecumenical Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014–“Calling the Children Home”

  Isaiah 49:1-7 Listen to me, you islands;     hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the Lord called me;     from my mother’s womb he has spoken my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharpened sword,     in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow     and concealed me in his quiver. 3 He said to…

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  January 20, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  20th Century American History, 586 BC, Babylonian Exile, evangelism, family reunion, food, Garbage Plate, Isaiah, Jesus Christ, Lesslie Newbigin, Love, love commandment, return, Rochester, the great migration, the prophet Isaiah

• Sermon of January 12, 2014–“Welcome Water”

   Matthew 3:13-17: 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. 14John would have prevented him, saying, ‘I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?’ 15But Jesus answered him, ‘Let it be so now; for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all…

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  January 13, 2014

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

  baptism, be communion, be eucharist, blessing, Cheapter by the Dozen, efficiency, Frodo, Gilbreth, J.R.R. Tolkein, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Lord of the Rings, Martin Luther, responsibility, theology of baptism, time-managment, UK, youth hostels

• Epiphany Sermon–January 5, 2014–“Rule of Three”

  Matthew 2:1-12 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 6, 2014

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

  astronomers, astronomy, belief, bethlehem, death, Doubt, East, Epiphany, frankincense, gifts, gold, Jesus Christ, Judea, King Herod, Magi, manger, medicine, myrrh, Nicodemus, politics, power, Proverbs, Song of Solomon, Star of Bethlehem, treasures, Wise Men

• Sermon of December 8, 2013–“The Growing Season”

  Isaiah 11:1-10 A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse, and a branch shall grow out of his roots. 2The spirit of the Lord shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3His delight shall be in the fear of…

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  December 9, 2013

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

  Advent, Assyrian invasion, children, fear of the Lord, hungry, Isaiah 11, J.N. Oswalt, Jesse Tree, Jesus Christ, Justice, Kingdom of God, Nelson Mandela, Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund, Peace, prayer, repair, root of Jesse, shoot, South Africa, stump, suffering, trouble, values, violence, youth

• Sermon of November 17, 2013–“Standing on the Edge”

  Luke 21:5-19 5When some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, he said, 6“As for these things that you see, the days will come when not one stone will be left upon another; all will be thrown down.” 7They asked him, “Teacher, when will this be, and…

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  November 19, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  apocalypse, communism, confidence, cults, end of the world, eschatology, fear, Germany, Gulag, Herod the Great, jerusalem, Jerusalem Temple, Jesus Christ, Luke 21, passover, patriotism, Pentecost, Second Temple, Siberia, Soviet Union, Sukkot, Temple, terror, Warner Sallman

• Sermon of October 13, 2013–“All Alone”

  Luke 17:11-19 11On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. 12As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him. Keeping their distance, 13they called out, saying, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” 14When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went,…

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  October 17, 2013

  Sermons HCE

  distance, exclusion, future, Healing, hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, lepers, Leviticus 13, Numbers 5, Samaritan, sickness, thanks, thanksgiving, worship

• Sermon of October 6, 2013–“Guard Duty”

  Habakkuk 1:1-4 & 2:1-4 The oracle that the prophet Habakkuk saw. 2O Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and you will not listen? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? 3Why do you make me see wrong-doing and look at trouble? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. 4So the law…

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  October 10, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  BP, Creation, despair, Disney, Doubt, faith, global south, guard duty, Habakkuk, Hungary, Iraq, Jesus Christ, John Updike, justification by faith, Kiwanis, Lesotho, Lions, March of Dimes, Microsoft, Millenium Development Goals, patience, poverty, preventable deaths, Prophecy, prophet Habakkuk, questions, realism, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Satan, Save the Children, starvation, Syria, The Fall, theodicy, turkey, Unicef, United Church of Christ, waiting, wall, watchtower, Why do bad things happen to good people, Witches of Eastwick, Worldwide Communion