Tag: persecution

• February 4, 2018 Sermon — “Word of the Father, Now in Flesh Appearing”

  

  John 10:22-33 22 At that time the festival of the Dedication took place in Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the portico of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.” 25 Jesus answered, “I […]

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  February 5, 2018

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

  Billy Bob Thornton, diversity, eternity, Fairest Lord Jesus, Jesus Christ, John 10, Karl Barth, North Korea, persecution, Prophecy, Robert Duvall, The Apostle, Trinity, unity

• January 28, 2018 Sermon — “How Did We Get Here?”

  

  John 10:1-18 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. 2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls […]

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  January 29, 2018

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

  1 Samuel 16, Bristol UK, Emperor Caligula, emperor tiberius, excess, Ezekiel 34, Flock, George Mueller, Good Shepherd, government shutdown, greed, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus the Good Shepherd, John 10, John 10:10, King David, leadership, Matthew 19:21, Matthew 5:11-12, Matthew 8:20, Messiah, orphans, persecution, prayer, Roman Empire, scandal, secularism, sheep, televangelism

• October 30, 2016 Sermon — “What’s Your Favorite Color?”

  

  Isaiah 40:1-11 Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to herthat she has served her term, that her penalty is paid,that she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins. 3 A voice cries out:‘In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make […]

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  October 31, 2016

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  1918, Acts 2, Aleppo, angels, army, Babylon, Babylonian Exile, bankers, bedside prayer, Black, blind, broken, brokers, building a highway, captivity, Comfort, Comforter, commerce, Communion, Counselor, craftsmanship, divine court, Eucharist, featured, Holy Spirit, human smugglers, Iraq, Isaiah 40, Jesusalem, John 14:16, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lord’s Supper, Paraclete, paving, persecution, potholes, prayer, Predigtbuch, prison, Red, Reformation Sunday, refugee crisis, rough places plain, royalty, Russian Germans, Syria, Temple, VIP’s, Volga Germans, wealth, wide lanes, Yemen, Zion

• Sermon of September 13, 2015–“Jesus in the Driver’s Seat”

  Mark 8:27-38 27 Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, ‘Who do people say that I am?’28And they answered him, ‘John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.’ 29He asked them, ‘But who do you say that I […]

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  September 14, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  belief, driver’s seat, dying to Christ, Glory, Jesus Christ, losing your life, Messiah, persecution, Peter’s confession, Soviet Union, steadfastness, suffering, take up your cross, USSR, witness

• Sermon of March 1, 2015–“Food for the Soul”

  Mark 8:31-38 31 Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. 33But […]

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  March 2, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  accuser, Bosch, conflict, cross, crucifixion, death, deny oneself, duty, ethics, giving, Jesus Christ, Mark 8, Mark 8:31-38, moral theology, Obedience, outcasts, pastors, Peace, persecution, Pharisees, prosecutor, reward, Satan, the cross

• Christ the King Sunday: November 24, 2013–“The Power and the Glory”

  Luke 23:33-43 When they came to the place that is called The Skull, they crucified Jesus there with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” And they cast lots to divide his clothing. 35And the people […]

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  November 25, 2013

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

  Beatititudes, Christ the King, crown, crucifixion, Hans Memling, Healing, humility, Iraq, Kingship, Lord, Luke 23, Luke 4, Matthew 5, mocking, Musician Angels, Paradise, persecution, poverty, prophets, sickness, suffering, thief on the cross, throne, violence, war, wholeness, wine

• “The God Season”–Sermon of August 18, 2013

  Luke 12:49-56 49-53 “I’ve come to start a fire on this earth—how I wish it were blazing right now! I’ve come to change everything, turn everything rightside up—how I long for it to be finished! Do you think I came to smooth things over and make everything nice? Not so. I’ve come to disrupt and confront! […]

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  August 19, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  conflict, Coptic Christians, current events, Egypt, Egyptian Christians, Flannery O’Connor, God season, health and wealth, Jesus Christ, Luke 12, Mark Twain, persecution, politics, problem solving, problems, racism, segregation, solutions, success, suffering, Thurgood Marshall, violence, Warner McGuinn

• Sermon of December 2, 2012–“Sign Language”

  Sign Language Luke 21:25-36 21:25 “There will be signs in the  sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations confused  by the roaring of the sea and the waves. 21:26 People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens will […]

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  December 3, 2012

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  Advent, angels, apocalypse, body language, christmas, Ephrata Cloister, eschatology, Flight, gifts, hope, joy, Kingdom of God, light, Luke 21, nature, Paul Hanson, persecution, politics, Prophecy, prophets, religion, sign language, signs, Spirituality