This is the sermon podcast of Jim Parsons, the pastor of Milford Hills United Methodist Church in Salisbury, NC. If you would like to find more information about our congregation or worship with us in person or online, please visit us at milfordhillsumc.org
We continue to look at prayers in the Bible and what they can teach us about our personal and corporate prayer lives. This week we look at Psalm 51, which is attributed to King David and is his penitent prayer after the Prophet Nathan called him out for his sins in 2 Samuel 12. We learn that through honesty and humility, we can reconcile ourselves to God because we worship a God full of grace,…
We start a new worship series this week, "Amen! Great Prayers of the Bible." Today, we look at Jesus' prayer in John 17. Our Lord lifts up the disciples who are right there with him. He prays to his Father for them to glorify God and to be one. We look at this prayer today and how it can hold us accountable in our own prayer life. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about…
In this in-between Sunday, we take up the gospel text from the Revised Common Lectionary, Matthew 13:31-33; 44-52, and discuss the five parables within this powerful chapter. We learn what the Kingdom of Heaven is like. We learn it is unexpected, unseen, subversive, and surrounds us in the midst of the ordinary. Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation,…
In the final week of this series, we will be looking at 2 Corinthians 8:1-9 and the paradox of "Rich in Poverty." Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in its mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or text GIVE to…
In the fifth week of this series, we will be looking at 2 Corinthians 12:6-10 and the paradox of "Power in Weakness." Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in its mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or text…
In the fourth week of this series, we will be looking at 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 and the paradox of "Seeing the Unseen." Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in its mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or text…
In the third week of this series, we will be looking at 2 Corinthians 4:5-12 and the paradox of "Treasures in Jars of Clay." Thank you again for worshipping with us. For more information about our congregation, please visit our website at milfordhillsumc.org. If you would like to support Milford Hills UMC in its mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or…
Today we start our new worship series, Power Paradox. We are looking at 6 paradoxes in 2 Corinthians. A paradox is "a logically self-contradictory statement or a statement that runs contrary to expectations." To follow God and to live as God commands will stand in contrast to our world. The same was true back in Paul's days and especially in the very rich city of Corinth. Join us as we look at…