Beholding The Glory of Christ
September 17, 2023
Hello Kingdom Family,
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“We are People Helping People Experience a Jesus-centered Life.”
Our message is titled “Beholding the Glory of Christ.” Today, we get the privilege of viewing and reflecting on a message from one of Pastor Harold’s favorite theologians, scholars, and pastors, Dr. Timothy Keller. Dr. Keller unpacks John 17:20-26 (NIV) and helps us understand who Jesus truly is and what Jesus represents in the lives of Christians. You will get to behold the glory of Christ in today’s message. Here is the link to the article referenced in the sermon:
Sources of Self by Charles Taylor: https://www.amazon.com/Sources-Self-Making-Modern-Identity/dp/0674824261
“You Can’t Fake It” by Freddy DeBoer Article: https://archive.ph/bHX7p
Before you listen to the message, you are encouraged to go to our website and download the lesson bulletin for this message, dated September 17, 2023. The publication contains questions to reflect on as an individual, couple, or small group. You can find them on the home page and click the Bulletins and Lesson Plans tab. Today’s message is “Beholding the Glory of Christ.”
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- Dr. Tim Keller
- Beholding the Glory of Christ
- John 17:20-26
- Beholding the Glory of Christ
- Charles Taylor
- Christ
- Christianity
- Freddy DeBoer
- SELF HELP
- Self-Centeredness
- Self-reliance
- Selfishness
- The Cross
- The Prayer of Jesus
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Jesus-centered Christmas
November 27, 2022
- Pastor Harold Long
- Unforgettable Christmas
- John 1:1-18
- Adoption
- Christmas
- Creation
- Emmanuel
- Foster Children
- Jesus
- Jesus the Christ
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-centered Christmas
- Jesus-centered Community
- Jesus-centered life
- Jesus-Centered Living
- Salvation
- Sarah McCracken
- Self-Centeredness
- Selfishness
- Spiritual Adoption
- The Word Became Flesh
- Unforgettable Christmas
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Today we start our Advent Series “Unforgettable Christmas,” Part 1 of IV. We unpack John 1:1-18 and discover what “The Word” means and why Jesus came to earth. We also look at two 21st-century examples to help us better understand what sacrifice looks like and how it demonstrates what it means to keep Christ in CHRISTmas.
Life On God’s Terms
October 23, 2022
- Pastor Harold Long
- Romans: I'm Not Ashamed of the Gospel
- Romans 8:1-17
- Excluded
- Forgiveness
- Grace
- Jesus-Centered
- Jesus-Centered Living
- Mercy
- Self-Centeredness
- Selfishness
- Sin
- Sin Nature
- Spiritual Bankruptcy
- Suffering
- The Body
- The Power of Sin
- Wounded
- Hillsboro UMC
Today we continue our message series “Romans: I Am Not Ashamed Of The Gospel.” Our message today is titled “Life On God’s Terms?” We unpack Romans 8:1-17 and discover what it means to live in a world of the Spirit versus the world system. We look at the root of the human problem: extreme self-centeredness. Lastly, we learn how to live an other-centeredness life from a little boy named Jimmy the Prophet.
Place Your Life Before God
August 23, 2020
- Pastor Harold Long
- Summer 2020 Lectionary Series
- Romans 12:1-21
- Love
- Sacrifice
- Self-Centeredness
- Selfishness
- The Body
- The Mind
- The Spirit
- Hillsboro UMC
- Transformation UMC
Welcome to today’s message. Our message today is from Romans 12:1-21, and titled “Place Your Life Before God.” Pastor Harold unpacks Romans 12:1-21, which is one of the Bible’s most quoted chapters. The two main points the entire message is built on is our lives being a living sacrifice by the renewal of our mind and practical application, where we live our sacrificed by practicing Love and Service in all of our affairs. Pastor Harold uses ten points to bring home this message that will hopefully bless all listeners.
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.