Tag: reconciliation

• Sermon of October 7, 2018 — “Full Bellies/ Full Souls” Worldwide Communion Sunday

  

  Photo: Public Domain. Parish Priest- the work of the Vicar of St Mark’s Church, Victoria Docks, Silvertown, London, England, UK, 1944 Exodus 19:3-7; 20:1-17 3 Then Moses went up to God; the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, “Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob, and tell the Israelites: 4 You have seen what I did to…

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  October 9, 2018

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

  10 Commandments, Abraham, balanced diet, Call, Capitol Hill, covenant, Deuteronomy 32:11-12, Exodus 19, Exodus 20, Mark 12:30-31, Matthew 22:35-40, Matthew the Apostle, Moses, Noah, obey, On Eagle’s Wings, politics, quail and manna, reconciliation, Simon the Zealot, Sinai, summer camp

• March 18 Sermon — “Abstain from Evil”

  

  John 13:21-30 21 After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” 22 The disciples looked at one another, uncertain of whom he was speaking. 23 One of his disciples—the one whom Jesus loved—was reclining next to him; 24 Simon Peter therefore motioned to him to ask Jesus of whom…

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  March 19, 2018

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

  1 Thessalonians 5:22, abstinence, atonement, banality of evil, betrayal, cross, evil, forgiveness, Hebron, hell, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John 13, Judas, justifying my sin, Lent, Love, Mariana Trench, Michelangelo, night, normalcy of evil, plastic pollution, reconciliation, simplicity, sin, Sistene Chapel, systematic evil, systems, The Last Judgment

• April 23 Sermon –“The Tricky Politics of Salvation”

  

  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 sycomore…

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  April 23, 2017

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

  Advertising, Berlin, Berlin Wall, books, boss, Camp, church, Church as God’s gift, crowds, Dorothee Soelle, featured, gift of church, giving, Jericho, Living Waters, Luke 19, Luke 3:10-14, manager, money, politics, poverty, reconciliation, Relationship, relationship with Jesus, religon, Repentance, Roman Empire, stewardship, tax collector, theology, tracts, Union Theological Seminary, wealth, Zacchaeus

• 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

• Two Pentecost Sermons–“Prayer Chain” & “For This Moment”

  John 17:1-11   After Jesus had spoken these words, he looked up to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that the Son may glorify you, 2since you have given him authority over all people, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3And this is eternal life, that…

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  June 9, 2014

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  10 Commandments, accomplishment, ascension, catholicity, change, Char Burch, Communion, david ackerman, dialogue, Eucharist, fatigue, goodbye, Greek Orthodox Church, Holy Spirit, Ikon community, intercession, Jesus Christ, Jesus prays for us, John 17, John 17:11, John 1:1, Mark A Hewitt, Mark Twain, Matthew 5:24, Mennonites, Mercersburg Society, Mission, Penn West Conference, Pentecost, prayer, promise, reconciliation, Relationship, Romans 8:34, Sinai, tongues of fires, Trinity, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, universality

• 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

• Sermon of June 23, 2013-“You Never Get a Second Chance to Make a First Impression”

  Luke 7:36-50 36One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to eat with him, and he went into the Pharisee’s house and took his place at the table. 37And a woman in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was eating in the Pharisee’s house, brought an alabaster jar of ointment. 38She stood behind him at…

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  June 26, 2013

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  addiction, adultery, alabaster jar, denarius, forgiveness, Hospitality, Jesus Christ, kind of woman, kissing my feet, Luke 7, pharisee, reconciliation, second chance to make a first impression, Simon the Pharisee, sin, the woman with the alabaster jar, woman in the city