Shiloh Methodist Church

As followers of Jesus, the goal isn’t for us to detach from the world.It’s for us to be so rooted in the Kingdom to come that we directly influence the present world.It’s to have our hearts and minds set on heavenly things, so that we co-labor with Jesus in seeing His Kingdom come and His will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.Our goal isn’t to be so heavenly minded that we’re no earthly...

Another lie the early Church heard was this:There’s a special divine knowledge to discover. And the place to dig is in yourself.In Colossians 2, the Apostle Paul reminds followers of Jesus to not dig in the wrong place.The goal isn’t to dig deeper into ourselves, it’s to dig deeper into Him.

There’s a lie the early Church heard that said the material world was something to be escaped.But Paul’s letter to the Church at Colossae tells a different story.In Jesus, all things were created. And in Him, all things hold together.And His heart isn’t to do away with the world. It’s to renew it.

What would it look like for the Resurrection to become, not just a belief, but a lived reality?What would it look like for the Resurrection to be, not just something we see, but the thing by which we see everything else?Because for Jesus, the desire was for the Resurrection to move from just an idea in our head to the way we live our lives.Listen to this teaching, from our Sunrise Service by the...

One of the unique realities that Jesus shows us on Palm Sunday is that children are not just a part of God’s Kingdom, but announcers of God’s Kingdom.Jesus reveals that in His Kingdom, there is no age limit.There is no age limit to be a vessel.There is no age limit to announce “Hosanna to the Son of David.”

We are not passive spectators in our thought life.We are active participants.We have the ability and the authority to choose where we set our minds.Which means that we don’t have to wait and see what thoughts come each day. We can set our minds on things above.

Our minds are a battlefield.And we have to take our thoughts captive and make them obedient to Jesus.But it’s not enough to know that at a head level.It has to work its way into how we live.So, how do we actually take our thoughts captive?Check out this teaching from our series, “Set Your Mind.”

The enemy came to Adam and Eve, not with brute force, but with a thought.He did the same with Jesus in the wilderness.Why?Because our thoughts are powerful.And we have to take every one of them captive to make them obedient to Jesus.This Lent, we’re choosing to fast from lies and feast on truth.Listen to Part 1 of the teaching series to begin the journey with us.

If we want to share more than a Sunday together, we have to learn the art of staying.Because it’s in staying that we grow and flourish into the people God created us to be.

There will be many roadblocks in the journey to sharing life together.But one is more ancient than the rest.Shame is the great disconnector. It disconnects us from God and from one another, causing us to run and hide.But there is a way to heal from shame.Listen to this teaching from our series, “The Practice of Community.”