Already Not Yet; We Are The Future
October 10, 2021
Hello Kingdom Family,
Together, we’ll lean into the intended diversity of God’s Kingdom and learn from Jesus’ teaching about what the Kingdom of Heaven is like and how it offers a blueprint for a life of radical love today.
What comes to mind when you think about the future, say fifty years from now? Think about how much has changed in the world over the last one hundred years. What science and secularism have to say about the future is one thing, but what Jesus had to say about the future is what’s most important of all.
Jesus came into this world to announce the coming of the Kingdom of God and to heal people. Jesus became the example of what it means to follow God’s will or live a Jesus-centered life. Today in our message titled “Already Not Yet; We Are The Future,” Pastor Harold unpacks what the future looks like for those who are entirely devoted followers of Jesus Christ and doing their best to live a Jesus-centered life.
Shalom,
Team Hill-Tran
Here is the video for the live service at TUMC, which includes the sermon bumper video, but audio-only of the message.
- Pastor Harold Long
- On Earth As In Heaven
- Ezekiel
- Isaiah
- Jeremiah
- Matthew
- Micah
- Future
- Future of the World
- Holy Spirit
- Jesus
- New Testament Timeline
- Old Testament Timeline
- The Kingdom of God
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Seeds of Hope
July 12, 2020
- Pastor Harold Long
- Summer 2020 Lectionary Series
- Matthew
- Matthew 13:1-23
- Charlie Daniels
- Four Responses to the Kingdom Calling
- Parable of the Sower
- Soul
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Thank you for joining us for today’s message. The title of today’s message is “Seeds of Hope.” Pastor Harold unpacks the Matthew 13:1-23, “The Parable of the Sower.” He helps us there are four responses to the kingdom message, and only one out of four chooses wisely. We hope you learn how to use this parable to inventory your own reaction to kingdom message, and leads you to surrender to a more profound commitment to the kingdom life.
A Special Kind of Freedom
July 7, 2020
- Pastor Harold Long
- Summer 2020 Lectionary Series
- 1 Samuel
- Galatians
- Matthew
- Matthew 11:16-19; 25-30
- dark side
- devil
- enemy
- Freedom
- glory
- lower power
- power
- prestige
- principalities and powers
- Satan
- Self-contentedness
- Selfishness
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Today’s message for Sunday, July 5, 2020, is titled “A Special Kind of Freedom.” In our message today, Pastor Harold unpacks Matthew 11:16-19; 25-30 and helps us understand the difference between the “world system” versus “The Kingdom of God.” The principalities and powers of this world influence our lives to the point of delusion, where we believe we are in full control of our lives. Human beings tend to reject God because they wish to play God themselves and rule their own lives. This lust and quest to do what we want, how we want, and when we want, has been in existence since “the fall of humankind” in the Garden of Eden. If we are honest with ourselves, when we look back at our lives as individuals, as America and the world, we see where we made decisions based on self, which later put us in a position to be hurt. To become genuinely free can only happen when we put our will in line with God.