Shiloh Methodist Church

How do we teach and train our children in the ways of God? We spent some time looking back at an ancient prayer God's people have prayed for 2,500 years, to see how to do just that. From our series, "Old Truth for New Days."

Idolatry is an age-old problem. Which is why we need an age-old, ancient solution. We spent some time digging into what it means that the Lord is one, and how we should respond to that old truth.

Just because something is old doesn't mean it's outdated. And just because something is new doesn't mean that it's true. We're taking some time to look back at the ancient paths, and learn how to walk in them. From our series, "Old Truth for New Days."

One day, the Israelites were standing on the shore of the Red Sea, watching God part it. Three days later, they are walking in the desert, complaining about where they will find water to drink. It only took 3 days for the miracle of the Red Sea to become a memory. It looks 3 days to forget that the same God who could part water could also provide it. And if it took 3 days for the Israelites, how m...

There are two ditches we can fall into on in being a witness. The first is focusing only on escaping hell. The second is focusing only on getting to heaven. But the Gospel is the news that God's Kingdom is both here and on the way. It's too close to be ignored. It's both repentance and renewal. It's both Heaven and Earth. And we get to live within that tension as God's people....

The Good News of Jesus and His Kingdom doesn't just make for a beautiful eternity. It makes for a beautiful life, here and now. And it turns out that a beautiful life now is one of our greatest acts of being a witness. Because a good life leads to questions. And when questions come, we get to share the reason for the hope that lives within us.

One of the best questions we can ask as witnesses is this: Jesus, what are You already doing? And how can I join You? Because everyday we awake to a world that God is already active in. He's already speaking and stirring within people's hearts. We just need eyes to see what He is already doing. And then, choose to join Him.

Luke tells us the mission of Jesus was "to seek and to save the lost." But, Luke also shows us Jesus' method for this mission: Eating and drinking. Jesus constantly used the table as a sacred place of ministry. And He shows us that we can do the same.

To be a witness is, at its core, an act of love. It's not transactions that compel us to witness. It's not irritation or frustration that compels. It's love.

The Gospel of Jesus and His Kingdom is good news. And good news is meant to be shared. That's why we're taking time to see what it means to be a witness of Jesus and the Good News of His Kingdom.

The Tower of Babel is a case study in how quickly we can go from God's mandate to our own agenda. At the Tower of Babel, humanity chooses to build up. But at the Garden of Eden, God creates humanity to build out. And those two are vastly different.

We took some time to look at this simple idea: If you neglect this season for the next season, both seasons spoil. The question we have to answer is: How do we remain present to this season, and receive what God is doing right here and right now?

What do you do when you've tried before and it didn't work out? How do you trust Jesus to let down your net again, even when you fished all night and caught nothing? We took some time to explore this thought in the last teaching in our series, "We Don't Know How the Story Ends."

We've heard the story of Jesus turning water into wine. But we took some time to ponder this question from the story: When did the water become wine?

The story of the widow's mite is a familiar one in Scripture. But, there's a question we rarely ask: If the widow only had two mites, why didn't she put one in and keep one out? We're exploring why she put both in, and what that means for us following Jesus today.

We can be quite familiar with stories from Scripture. Knowing how they end because we're on this side of the story. But those within these familiar stories in Scripture didn't get that luxury. We're exploring familiar stories from the Bible, to see how to live on the current page when you don't know how the story ends.

What if the thing you consider an inconvenience is actually an opportunity? From our Summer Reading through The Book of Colossians.

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 goo...

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 th...

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.