Episodes

  • Episode 260: Down the Mountain

    Episode 260: Down the Mountain
    Mar 2 2025
    It is Transfiguration Sunday, when Jesus went up a mountain and his divine nature shown through him. It is the last Sunday before we start our Lenten journey and so we gather to remind ourselves of God being God. Our hope is that you come in contact with God during our time of worship and you are transformed by God's grace and love. 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 our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or by texting GIVE to 833-264-3866.
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    18 mins
  • Episode 259: Love your Enemies

    Episode 259: Love your Enemies
    Feb 24 2025
    Today we wrestle with this hard command that Jesus gives us in Luke 6:27-38, to love our enemies and to do good to those who hate you. Join us as we let this hard lesson seep into our souls and may they help us transform the world around us by their power. May we see the people around us as God does, as bearers of God's image and people worth God's grace and love. 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 our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or by texting GIVE to 833-264-3866.
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    21 mins
  • Episode 258: State of the Church 2025

    Episode 258: State of the Church 2025
    Feb 13 2025
    Today is Pastor Jim's annual "State of the Church" sermon. He will reflect on where we have been as a congregation and where God is calling us in this new year. Isaiah 43:18-19 gives us a promise from God that we need to hang on to and wrestle with as we look at where will are headed in the rest of 2025. 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 our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or by texting GIVE to 833-264-3866.
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    21 mins
  • Episode 257: Out of. Context - AI Worship Series Review

    Episode 257: Out of. Context - AI Worship Series Review
    Feb 5 2025
    I used NotebookLM and took my sermons from our Out of Context worship series and it created this 20+ minute review podcast. Hearing these two AI people discuss this series and what they "learned" from it is truly interesting. Let me know what you think.
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    21 mins
  • Episode 256: Out of Context - Matthew 7:1

    Episode 256: Out of Context - Matthew 7:1
    Feb 2 2025
    This Sunday we wrap up our worship series, "Out of Context" with Matthew 7:1, "Don’t judge, so that you won’t be judged." Our Christian culture takes this in two different directions, so if we place this verse back into it's context...does it mean what people think it means? 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 our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or by texting GIVE to 833-264-3866.
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    19 mins
  • Episode 255: Out of Context - Jeremiah 29:11

    Episode 255: Out of Context - Jeremiah 29:11
    Jan 27 2025
    Welcome to the sermon from our modern worship service. In 2025, on the 4th Sunday of the month we are experimenting with two worship services. Our 9:00am is just like our usual worship. At 11:00 we are doing something new with a modern worship service. thank you for joining us this week as we continue our worship series, "Out of Context." This Sunday we look at Jeremiah 29:11, a very popular verse. When we place it back into the context of the prophet Jeremiah, does it really mean what we think it means? 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 our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or by texting GIVE to 833-264-3866.
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    20 mins
  • Episode 254: Out of Context - Psalm 46:10

    Episode 254: Out of Context - Psalm 46:10
    Jan 19 2025
    We continue our worship series, "Out of Context." This Sunday we look at Psalm 46:10, a very popular verse. When we place it back into the context of the entire Psalm 46, does it really mean what we think it means? Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday. 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 our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or by texting GIVE to 833-264-3866.
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    21 mins
  • Episode 253: Out of Context - Philippians 4:13

    Episode 253: Out of Context - Philippians 4:13
    Jan 13 2025
    Today we start a new worship series called, "Out of Context." For the next four weeks we will be looking at four verses people love to quote, put on their walls, or engrave on their jewerly or bodies. We will take each of those scriptures and put them back into the context they were written. Then we will ask the question, does this verse really mean what we think it means. Today we look at the most quoted scripture in Hobby Lobby and in locker rooms, Philippians 4:13, "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury, NC) or online this Sunday. 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 our mission to Love, Serve, and Live as Christ, please go to milfordhillsumc.org/give or by texting GIVE to 833-264-3866.
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    18 mins