Tag: technology

• Sermon of January 6, 2019 — “We Were In the Neighborhood and Decided to Stop By”

  

  Matthew 2: 1-23 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, 2 asking, “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.” 3 When King Herod heard…

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  January 9, 2019

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

  Balthazar, bandits, Bethlhem, caravansarai, christmas, companionship, Epiphany, Eugene Peterson, featured, Friendship, Gaspar, Gentiles, information, King Herod, Learning, Magi, massacre of the innocents, Melchior, Pilgrimage, technology, Wise Men

• “Getting Our Hands Dirty” — Sermon of January 21, 2017

  

  John 9:1-12  As he walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. 4 We must work the works of…

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  January 24, 2018

  From The Pastor HCE, Hills Church Export PA

  Agatha Christie, Blindness, ebola, Ephesus, fear, Fear culture, forgiveness, GMOs, Ian Fleming, IRA, James Bond, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jo Berry, John 9, miracle, miracles of jesus, mysteries, Pat Magee, Pharisees, Second Coming, Sir Anthony Berry, storytelling, technology, terrorism, tesimony, witness

• November 13, 2016 — “Come on Home”

  

  Ezra 1:1-4 In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia so that he sent a herald throughout all his kingdom, and also in a written edict declared: 2 ‘Thus…

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  November 14, 2016

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

  amnesia, Babylonian Exile, Bible Reading, building community, community, Cyrus the Persian, Exile, Ezra, Feast of Booths, featured, Google, Human rights, Israelites, jerusalem, Jerusalem Temple, Jews, joy, Nehemiah, Nehemiah 8:9, open bible, religious persecution, Richard Overton, technology, Temple, thanskgiving, worship

• Sermon of March 8, 2015–“What’s in your Wallet?”

  Romans 12:1-2 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds, so that you may discern what…

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  March 9, 2015

  From The Pastor HCE, Sermons HCE

  Amway, Apartheid, Balkanization, body, Cleansing of the Temple, Confirmation, conform, cross, cycle of violence, Desmond Tutu, Disney, eternal life, finances, forgiveness, giving away your life, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jesus’ values, John 2, living sacrifice, militarism, money, Nelson Mandela, Obedience, Peace, Romans 12, sacrifice, sacrificial system, screen time, South Africa, St. Paul, technology, Transformation, trust, Truth and Reconciliation Comission, violence, wallet

• Sermon of March 23–“Our Secret Selves”

  John 4:5-26 So he came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6Jacob’s well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was sitting by the well. It was about noon. 7A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, “Give…

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  March 24, 2014

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

  bethlehem, busyness, cultural rules, evangelism, family, foreigners, Fred Craddock, Germany, Hennef, Islam, Jesus, Jesus Christ, John 4, Living Water, Martin Luther King, Mount Gerizim, Nazareth, politics, poverty, racism, Samaritan woman, secularism, sin, Sunday School, Sunday School Decline, technology, thirst, time demands, Turkish, Wall Street Journal, woman at the well

• 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

• Pentecost Sermon–“Spiritual Enthusiasm”

  Acts 2:1-21 2:1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2:2 And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 2:3 Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue…

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  May 30, 2012

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

  chaos, Creation, faith, Holy Spirit, Modern life, order, Pentecost, prophet joel, Sabbath, Spirituality, technology, theology