Tag: Martin Luther

• June 10, 2018 Sermon — “Jesus is the Universal King!”

  

  John 19:1-22  Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on his head. They clothed him in a purple robe 3 and went up to him again and again, saying, “Hail, king of the Jews!” And they slapped him in the face. 4 Once more Pilate came out and…

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  June 11, 2018

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

  cross, danger, Dimitru Stenilaoe, Ephesians 2:13-18, execution, fear, fit in the choir, horizontal dimension of salvation, Ignatius of Loyola, image and likeness of God, injustice, John 19:1-22, John 19:19-20, Justice, Love, love expressed in deeds, Martin Luther, media, party affiliation, Pilate, political dissent, political elite, political speech, politicians, politics, racism, suicide, vertical dimension of salvation

• December 3, 2017 Sermon — “The Holy One of God”

  

  John 6:52-71 52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’ 53So Jesus said to them, ‘Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54Those who eat my flesh and drink my…

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  December 4, 2017

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

  Advent, Becoming less, Disciples, divine initiative, Holy One of God, Holy One of Israel, human initiative, John 6, John 6:15, John 6:60, John 6:66, John 6:69, Kingdom of God, Kingship, Martin Luther, Mary, Messianism, simplicity, St. Benedict, Tissot

• October 29, 2017 Sermon

  

  John 5:30-47 30 ‘I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgement is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me. 31 ‘If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I…

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  November 1, 2017

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

  A Mighty Fortress, Bible, corruption, crime, environmental threat, environmentalism, Healing, idolatry, Jesus Christ, John 5, John the Baptist, law, Luke 4, Luther, Martin Luther, Moses, nations in an uproar, Pharisees, prison, Psalm 46, Reformation, Reformation Sunday, Sabbath, Sadducees, Satan, temptation, testimony, threat, tradition, values, witness

• Emmanuel Church Sponsors Reformation 500 Bookstore –October 23 to November 6, 2017

  

  Emmanuel church is having a Reformation 500 Bookstore!  The 500th anniversary of the Reformation is fast approaching! Do you want to learn more about Martin Luther, his writings, and their impact on Christianity? Do you want to reflect on the ongoing impact of the Reformation today? Stop by our Reformation 500 Bookstore to shop for…

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  September 21, 2017

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

  ELCA, Martin Luther, Reformation 500, Reformation Anniversary, Reformation bookstore

• 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

• Sermon of May 25, 2014–“To Whom It May Concern”

  John 14:15-21 15”If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever.17This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, because he abides with you, and…

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  May 27, 2014

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  1 John 4:10-11, Advocate, ATM machine, Camp Living Waters, children, Comforter, commandments, Counselor, Creation, Emmanuel, god, God for us, God know us, God with us, Harlow experiments, inculturation, Jesus Christ, John 14, Love, Martin Luther, Matthew 18:20, Matthew 28:16-20, missions, Paraclete, parenthood, Relationship, rhesus experiments, Robert J. Wicks, strangers, summer camp, the Holy Spirit, three in one, Trinity, unloveable, unloving

• 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

• Sermon of May 26–“Old School”

  Romans 5:1-5 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom we have obtained access to this grace in which we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in…

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  May 28, 2013

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

  gifts, grace, justification, justification by faith, Martin Luther, Romans 5