Hanover Evangelical Friends Church: Recent Episodes
Hanover Evangelical Friends Church
Pastor Ed shares four areas of degeneration in America that show we could be abandoned by God, but end with hope by doing three things.
Pastor Charles will give examples of how we are called to be compassionate, just as Jesus is.
Pastor Ed shares four principles for hearing from God so that you can make good decisions.
Jesus gives His Disciples and us wisdom and encouragement when we are unjustly persecuted for our faith.
Pastor Ed shares three ways that historically Christians have dealt with culture and why the third way, to engage it, is the most biblical way.
From the passage on David's friend's exploit, Pastor Ed shares how we face similar circumstances spiritually and how like him, we will be victorious!
Pastor Ed tells the story of Absalom's rebellion and death and David's grief. Then David's friend, Joab, gives him three words of wisdom. Finally, how can we prepare to bear the unbearable.
Pastor Ed tells the story of David's affair with Bathsheba & the murder of her husband, Uriah, and discusses the lessons there for us.
Pastor Ed shares the story of David killing Goliath and how we can be victorious when facing giants in our lives.
Pastor Ed shares what God's choice of a leader looks like and characteristics of that leader.
Despicable – Me? We will complete our Hero Hotline series with a look into the lives of Paul, David and Gru.
As we continue our Hero Hotline series, we will look at some famous superhero stories to better understand some biblical concepts.
Our "Hero Hotline" Vacation Bible School is just a few weeks away, so it's time to prepare! In part 2 of the Hero series, Pastor Charles reminds us that as God's super heroes we are called together to...
Our "Hero Hotline" Vacation Bible School is just a few weeks away, so it's time to prepare! In part 1 of the Hero series, Pastor Charles reminds us that followers of Jesus are unlikely heroes.
Pastor Ed shares the enemy's tactics to discourage us, the signs of discouragement and how to defeat it.
Pastor Ed shares four ways that the enemy tried to distract Nehemiah in the work on the wall and what he did to combat those distractions.
Pastor Ed shares how the disciples' fears kept them from seeing Jesus clearly and what He did to help them face and overcome their fears.
Pastor Ed shares seven principles for how God helps us overcome insecurities in order to be used by Him.
From the story of the prodigal son, Pastor Ed shares stages of rebellion and what a parent can do during those times.
Pastor Ed shares the story of Elijah's burnout and cure; listing the symptoms and the way out of it.
Pastor Ed shares six practical ways that Jesus dealt with stress in His life that will help you, too.
Jesus gives us five reasons why we shouldn't worry and practical commands to do to help us not worry.
Samson and Priscilla will be speaking about their ministry in Nepal and sharing their experience with CHE; a simple strategy for fellowship and church planting in Nepal.
As we celebrate Mother's Day, Pastor Charles givesencouragement to moms (and all of us!) to "spur one another onto love and good deeds"
Pastor Ed shares three reasons for giving, how it helps us grow and three how to's of giving.
I share three ways that we often deal with major hurts & the third forgiveness is the only way to be free inside.
Dr. Greg Miller, President of Malone University, discusses how we're all called to be sowers and tells how that we are to plant seeds and pray to the Lord for the harvest.
I share about anointing oil in the OT being so important and in the NT it symbolizes the Holy Spirit's work in our lives.
Pastor Ed is teaching through the book of Habakkuk. The prophet asks two questions, which God responds. God's answer surprises him, but he comes to a place of trust in it.
Pastor Ed shares a running commentary on the passage describing Jesus' crucifixion and burial.
Pastor Ed shares highlights of the beautiful love story of Isaac & Rebekkah and principles for finding God's will in other important decisions.
Pastor Ed shares five principles from the text on how God tests us for our character development.
From this passage of Abraham casting out Hagar & Ishmael, we have a pattern for how we cast sin out of our lives as we embrace God's plan for our lives.
Pastor Ed shares four principles from this story of Abraham on how God treats repeat offenders.
Pastor Ed shares about Abraham's encounter with God after 13 years of silence where God revealed Himself afresh, gave him a new name and confirmed his covenant by circumcision.
Pastor Ed share's Hagar's story, which teaches us about having patience with God's Word, will & ways and how He reaches out to us in our pain.
Pastor Ed shares how God cut a covenant with Abraham, which parallels the covenant that he cut with us thru Jesus.
Pastor Ed tells Lot's story of shallowness, selfishness and sinfulness so we don't follow in his footsteps.
Pastor Ed shares the principles found in the text of leaving everything to obey God's call to the Promised Land.
Pastor Ed shares principles of the Wise Men's journey to worship King Jesus that we can apply in our goals for 2024.
Pastor Ed shares principles from the story on how to respond when God shows up in your life and how it changes you.
Pastor Ed gives some cultural background on marriage and shares five qualities he loves about Joseph, which Jesus also shared.
Pastor Ed shares the Bible story of Mary's amazing yes to Gabriel's announcement that she'd be the mother of the Messiah and all the hazards to that yes that she faced.
Pastor Ed shares seven benefits to us in being givers and five attitudes to have in giving.
Pastor Ed shares what a name means, how it is misused & how to use God's name properly.
Pastor Ed shares the encounter Jesus had with the woman at the well and how He changed her life.
Pastor Ed shares three aspects of God's unchanging nature that gives stability to our lives in changing times.
Pastor Ed shares three fears that keep people back from experiencing God's love and from Ephesians 3:17-18, the four dimensions of His love.
Pastor Ed shares five promises from the Bible how God is faithful and also how we do the conditional part of the promises.
Pastor Ed shares how God's in control of my plans, problems, and prayers and how I can respond to that truth.
Pastor Ed shares signs of Christ's coming, the timing, the people of the end times, and the events of the end times.
Pastor Ed defines sanctification and shares how we must see ourselves in a new way, begin to act in a new way and believe in God's ability to accomplish this work in our lives.
Pastor Ed shares about the nature of God, our sin problem, and seven pictures of salvation.
Pastor Ed contrasts Creationism & Evolution, shares four creation views and gives seven theological points for creation.
Pastor Ed shares how Jesus proved that He was God and also a human, plus that He values.
Over the next two weeks, Pastor Ed shares the four levels of getting to know someone better, including Jesus. In this sermon, we'll look at His names, details of His life and His personality as God.
Pastor Ed talks about how God relates to humans as trinity and His attributes and how His names represent all He does for us.
Absentee fathers are a problem in America. Here's a Top 10 list from Christian children on what they want from their dad.
Pastor Ed shares the ideas of inspiration and illumination. How do we know the Bible is true and How do we understand it?
Pastor Ed shares how God gave us the Bible, external & internal evidence that it's God's Word and how we can be confident in the 66 books of the Bible.
Pastor Ed shares how to determine what level of openness someone has to the Gospel & what to do at each stage.
Sharing our faith is one of the reasons we're on Earth. Pastor Ed teaches the reasons why we should witness and a model of how to do it.
Pastor Ed discusses the reality of life being unfair giving biblical reasons why that is and what we can do about it.
Pastor Ed shares three encounters that Jesus has with three followers, who are devastated by His death. The fact that He is alive healed them of their struggles.
Pastor Ed shares how we procrastinate, why procrastination causes problems and how to be victorious over that sin.
Pastor Ed shares three lies that we believe about money and then three truths to combat those lies.
Pastor Ed shares the biblical steps to break free from a sinful habit. The next seven weeks are seven deadly sins to apply this truth to.
Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven? According to Jesus' response, the younger generations have a lot to offer the church!
Pastor Ed will go over each piece of equipment explaining what it is for us & how to put it on practically in daily life.
From the text, Pastor Ed shares who our enemy is and what he does against us and what we can do to defeat him.
Pastor Charles discusses how Nehemiah teaches us many lessons. This message will focus on the potential that God's people have when the whole body works together.
Pastor Ed shares three advantages singles have over marrieds and two commands from Scripture.
Pastor Ed shares the job description of kids: obey & honor parents, particularly fathers; don't exasperate and do teach them to know & love God.
Pastor Ed shares the story of the Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary, which would have been overwhelming, yet this teenager handled it so well. What can we learn from her?
Pastor Ed shares each spouse's two main job descriptions; unselfish love toward the wife and unselfish respect toward the husband.
Pastor Ed teaches through the passage on the nature of being filled with the Spirit, the indicators that you have been and how to be.
Pastor Ed shares seven principles from this passage to "fight fairy" when dealing with conflict in marriage or another relationship.
Pastor Ed shares how Christ gave each Christian gifts for service leading to maturity, which unifies us.
Pastor Ed shares how to have healthy relationships at home and at church which require proper attitudes, hard work and right beliefs.
Pastor Ed shares three basics of praying and three ways to bring power of God's love into your life.
Pastor Charles discusses how we are standing on Holy ground. We must understand the importance of holiness.
Pastor Ed has 3 biblical words for how God brought the Gentiles into a covenant relationship through the cross of Jesus.
Pastor Ed shares how sin separates us from God that we are deserving of hell but how God has saved us by His love, mercy & grace and uses us as His masterpiece.
Pastor Ed explains Paul's prayer for them was for their spiritual growth and that's what our prayers should be more like.
Pastor Ed shares three rich blessings of our relationship with Jesus and two from the Holy Spirit that are in our heavenly bank account.
Pastor Ed describes two spiritual blessings from the Father that He has placed in our heavenly bank account: the fact that He chose us & adopted us.
Pastor Ed gives an introduction to the book of Ephesians talking about authorship, date, the church receiving the letter, an outline and the beginning theme of being blessed in heavenly realms.
Pastor Ed shares the theme of the book of Job, which ultimately is about our fidelity to God in the face of suffering.
Pastor Ed discusses four mountains where Moses experienced God in new ways. Pastor Ed makes the point that we have "Mountain Top" experiences with God that shape us.
Pastor Ed describes how God uses crisis times in our lives to show Himself as God giving us three encouraging words.
Pastor Ed describes that the 10 plagues God brought on Egypt were really demonstrations of His power against all the gods of Egypt.
Pastor Charles asks the question, is spending time with God an interaction or transaction?
Pastor Ed shares lessons from God appearing to Moses at the burning bush to his call to deliver the Jewish slaves. There are applicable lessons for us, too.
Pastor Ed shares 5 levels of authority, from greatest to the least, that we are to submit to for our good.
Pastor Ed shares how Solomon poetically describes the aging process and 5 principles for living better in old age.
Pastor Ed shares the parable of the talents on how God gives everyone gifts to be used for Him & others. We'll give an account for how we used those gifts.
This is a summary of the entire book of James in five main points that show how mature a Christian life is.
Pastor Ed shares how God calls every Christian to care about a sinning brother and to go to him to restore him back to the truth.
Pastor Ed covers praying for emotional & spiritual needs and how those prayers can be more effective.
Pastor Ed goes phrase by phrase in James 5:13-15, explaining what each phrase means in an explanation that God does heal today.
Pastor Ed answers the question, what is Jesus doing now?, by supplying four activities He is doing for us daily.
We all need more patience. James uses three illustrations to teach us the when, why and how of patience.
James lists four abuses of money the rich 1st Century Landowners were doing against poor Christians. This can be a warning to us all.
In this sermon, Pastor Ed shares three mistakes that Christians commonly make regarding the future and three solutions to those mistakes.
Dave Mercadante, Director of Leadership Development for EFC-ER, will be kicking off Revival with a sermon titled Rekindle Vision. The main Bible Passages will be Ephesians 3:14-19.
Pastor Ed thoroughly discusses questions surrounding judging others, why we should & shouldn't and how to stop doing it.
Pastor Ed shares how our sin and sin nature separates us from God and others and causes conflict in our relationships and what we can do to heal those relationships.
Pastor Ed will compare and contrast the False Teachers & Wise Teachers' characteristics, sources & results.
In this sermon, James gives 3 reasons why it's wrong to show favoritism. What should you do instead?
Pastor Ed goes through the steps of temptation that James lays out, using the case study of Adam and Eve and how we can overcome temptation.
Pastor Ed describes how problems will happen to you but how God will use them to make you a mature Christian.
Pastor Ed hopes to show what Christmas really is, doctrinal, historical, mystical & emotional.
Elijah performed many miracles for the Lord, but even the great prophet had to be reminded that God is with us. Even Frosty reminds us that Jesus is Immanuel, "God with us."
Pastor Ed shares the theory of the possible birthplace of Jesus being Migdal Eder and the shepherds were elite Levites charged with guarding the sacrificial lambs for the Temple.
Pastor Ed shows how Herod; the Religious Leaders and the Wise Men reacted to news of King Jesus' birth. People today react in those same ways.
Pastor Ed will preach on the fact that Christ came to save by using John 3:16 and explaining the passage word by word.
We see how David dealt respectfully & how he forgave his enemy, Saul, rather than enacting revenge on him.
Pastor Ed will teach through Romans 6 answering the title questions, which is yes. We've been set free from sin's power. We don't have to continually sin.
Pastor Ed shares how valuable your soul is and how nothing can be given in exchange for it, except Christ's life given on the cross.
Pastor Ed shows the various stages of a 1st century Galilean wedding and how it is a type of why Jesus is coming again for His bride.
In this sermon, Pastor Ed hopes to encourage Christians to serve God in the ministry He's called & gifted to them by using the analogy of a football team & game.
Pastor Ed discusses both aspects of the Christian life as Servants who obey whatever Jesus tells them to do & Soldiers who engage in spiritual warfare.
Pastor Ed tells the story of "Rahab the Harlot" who helped the Jewish spies. God chooses unlikely people to do His will and how they act on what they believe.
Pastor Ed concludes the two part series on Joseph The Dreamer by discussing the character qualities needed to implement & manage the dream, the most important being forgiving the one who hurt you.
This story describes Jacob's problems in marriage, parenting & business until he comes face to face with God. He walks away with a limp but also as a changed man.
In this sermon, we look at Jacob (pre-conversion) in how he stole his brother's birthright and blessing, and his encounter with God at Bethel where he still bargains with God.
Pastor Ed shares how Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Isaac, foreshadows and parallels God's sacrificing of His only son, Jesus.
Abraham thought that his servant, Eliezer, would be his heir, plan C. Then he thought that Ishmael, his son with the servant Hagar, plan B. God's best was Isaac with his wife, Sarah, plan A.
This story gives us five characteristics of a call from Abraham's life and the problems that arise in partial obedience. God remains faithful to deliver us.
Pastor Ed describes four actions that Noah took and four virtues that he had which he trusts will inspire us to take those same actions & possess those same virtues.
We will look at the 5 components of temptation, how Adam & Eve responded to their sin and the results of sin.
Jesus said His followers are "the light of the world." Do we embrace that calling or run away from it?
In this sermon, I discuss humankind's place in Creation, how we reflect God's image, human's responsibilities as image bearers, and the three components of what marriage is.
Pastor Ed shares 3 passages where God seems to be unfair but after a further look, the bigger mystery isn't God's occasional acts of justice but His many instances of mercy.
Pastor Ed offers 4 Biblical principles for having a marriage that makes it the distance.
This sermon explores spiritual warfare in that the enemy of our souls is tricky, he builds strongholds in our minds by lies and deceit. We believe his lies and act in harmful ways.
In the final sermon in the series I show how if we will meet the premise to give, God promises to meet all our needs.
Guest speaker Bruce Van Natta shares his remarkable life story of a semi truck falling off a jack and onto him, crushing him. Two angels appear to him ministering to him. He has a near death experience. Doctors marvel at how he survived. He will also share how this experience changed his life and how Jesus can save and heal you.
In this message I show how Eunice's influence on her son Timothy shaped who he was as a Christian.
I share strategies from this passage on reducing and eliminating anxiety and stress from conflict and problems.
Real Success is spiritual success. I share how we need to look inward, backward, forward, and upward.
This sermon discusses Paul's past life of legalism vs. the great joy of know Christ personally.
I share the story of Abraham offering his son, Isaac, and how that parallels god offering his son, Jesus.
What does a real man look like? Paul here uses himself, Timothy, and Epaphroditus as examples of what real men look like.
Here I describe how the Christian grows in his or her relationship with God which is a combination of responding to God's resources.
I do a verse-by-verse explanation of how Jesus Christ is Supreme from His pre-existent state to His incarnation to His exaltation.
There was disunity in the Philippian church. Paul urges them to live for Christ and love each other as the cure.
This is the first in a sermon series on Philippians. I talk about the background of the letter, then how to enjoy people by doing 4 things.
I discuss 7 of 9 supernatural spiritual gifts in the above passage by defining them, giving examples in Scripture, showing how it's used & where it's mostly used.
I begin a 4-week series on spiritual gifts today. This sermon is an overview how each Christian fits in the Body of Christ and has been given a gift.
I describe how in reading the Christmas story in the Bible like you are reading it for the first time you can recapture the wow of Christmas.
In the fictional story of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, we see the character attributes of a great missionary.
Allen and Tammy Hill will tell their story of how God helped them through each stage of the death of their daughter during the Virginia Tech tragedy. It will be powerful!
"Tammy and I were not super Christians, and still aren’t. We thought that our world had ended when Rachael died.
All the positive promises of God looked to be overturned; our paradigms of the godly stood in their heads.
And still, the Lord was present, both within us and without… in a world that looked so cruel, and uncaring.
Hallelujah, the voice and word of God never failed."
In this sermon, I highlight 3 New Testament nicknames and how God charges character through name changes.
In this sermon, I make the parallel between the account of the healing of 2 blind men that Jesus still heals us today, by faith.
I describe the dangers of pride giving examples from Scripture, then describe what humility isn't and is.
You are either positive or negative in your life's perspective. I give scripture on how to be & stay positive.
This sermon takes the story of how God delivered Daniel in the lion's den and shows how God still delivers His people from "lions" today.
This sermon focuses on how God changes us through hardship by using Jacob's story as a model.
This Sermon is about the need for obedience in fulfilling God's purpose for our lives and that we can miss the final call.
I teach on the major judgment passages in Revelation including 6, 8-9, 14, 15, 16, 19, and 20.
The next sermon in the series on The Last Word is on the church as found in Rev. 2-3. We will examine the last of the 7 Churches, Laodecia, to see what Jesus would say to us from that word.
This sermon discusses the revelation of the risen, glorified Christ and what He looked like.
This is the introduction to a sermon series on the Book of Revelation where I discuss the type of literature it is, author, date, audience and purpose
Jesus said it will be like the days of Noah before He returns. We take a look at Noah's time and what virtues he displayed.
In Acts we discover how God's plan of salvation plays out in the world. Several "firsts" in the book show us how the Holy Spirit is the key to the plan.
Third and last message in a series on spiritual warfare focuses on our secret weapon against Satan, prayer.
Second of a three part series on spiritual warfare. Today I discuss the Christian's spiritual armor, what it is and how to put it on.
Part one of a three week series on spiritual warfare. This sermon covers our enemy, Satan, and what we need to do to stand against him.
The last fruit of the Spirit, self-control, is really self under the control of God. We're going to apply it to our tongue. The tongue shows what's going on in the heart.
The 7th fruit of the Spirit is faithfulness. I have highlighted these virtues in light of our relationships. Today I want to show from Scripture how we can be faithful in our most important relationship, our marriage.
I have chosen to translate the 6th fruit of the Spirit "goodness" as integrity, which means undivided, whole, congruent. Being the same in private as you are in public. I discuss integrity in speech, in confessing sin, and in daily living.
Kindness is the 5th Fruit of the Spirit in our sermon series. God is kind and we are to be like Him. We will see what kindness looks like through the story of the Good Samaritan. He showed compassion, took action and changed someone's life for the better.
This sermon deals with patience in light of our relationships particularly with anger and gives 7 keys for handling your anger effectively.
Jesus said we must "become as little children" to enter the kingdom of God. Is this a beautiful view of God's love or just crazy ramblings?
The third Fruit of the Spirit is peace. I will be discussing how you can bring peace into your relationships by being a peacemaker. Using the word peace, we'll see 5 steps to being a peacemaker.
The second Fruit of the Spirit is joy. Joy isn't happiness. It isn't based on circumstances. It is the sense of delight that arises within us in the presence of someone or something we love. Joy is an attitude and a choice. We'll see how a prophet named Habakkuk found joy.
The first sermon in the Fruit of the Spirit Sermon Series is on love, Keeping Love Alive. We will learn what love is and how it acts, for love is a verb & verbs are action words.
Lots of people are living broken worlds, their lives shattered. Peter was such a person after denying he even knew the Lord. But Jesus reached out to him and restored him to usefulness again. Jesus, because He's alive, is still resurrecting & restoring broken lives.
Palm Sunday’s sermon highlights 4 “coincidences” about Jesus’ Triumphal Entry: the colt being exactly where Jesus said it would be, the fulfilling of Zechariah 9:9, the acceptance of His coming, and the Passover lambs.