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
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Episode 258: State of the Church 2025
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20:35Today 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…
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Episode 257: Out of. Context - AI Worship Series Review
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21:11I 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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Episode 256: Out of Context - Matthew 7:1
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18:58This 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 co…
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Episode 255: Out of Context - Jeremiah 29:11
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20:19Welcome 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 Sund…
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Episode 254: Out of Context - Psalm 46:10
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20:56We 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. …
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Episode 253: Out of Context - Philippians 4:13
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17:32Today 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 mea…
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Episode 252: Glorious Light - Epiphany Sunday
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16:21On this last Sunday of the Christmas Season, Epiphany Sunday, we celebrate a lot. Not only do we have communion and a baptism, but we also celebrate God putting on flesh and coming to make his home here, in flesh and bone, among us. He doesn't just come for the holy family or Jewish shepherds. God puts on flesh for all people, even forgeiners like …
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Episode 251: Good News for All People - Christmas Eve
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17:53We celebrate the incarnation tonight, God putting on flesh and coming to earth. Tonight we sing carols, light candles, and worship the new born king. Special music starts at 6:30pm and worship will start at 7:00pm. Whereever you find yourself tonight, please know that God came to this world to show you love, joy, peace, and hope. May you feel it th…
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Episode 250: Hope is Coming - Presence - Advent 3
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21:35John the Baptist's message is front and center but do we have ears to actually listen or do they fall deaf to this yearly message? If we have a hard time with John's message to take our faith seriously, then how are we going to follow the babe in the manger. God's son, Jesus Christ? Join us at 10:00 am in person (1630 Statesville Blvd in Salisbury,…
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Episode 249: Hope is Coming - Passion - Advent 2
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18:04Music fills this time of year, pointing to the realities of two babys we celebrate. Today, we hear the story of Zechariah's song as he holds his child, John the Baptist, in his arms. As we continue to prepare this Advent season, may we find and experience the depth of the carols that make up our season. May we pause and remember to be open to their…
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Episode 248: Hope is Coming - Preparation - Advent 1
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19:56Today we start our yearly journey of Advent. We begin the Christian year off by looking forward to Jesus's second advent, or second coming, while preparing ourselves to celebrate Jesus's first coming on Christmas. In the text today we learn that apololyptic texts were written to give people hope in times of dispair and great turmoil. There are many…
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