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Today we dig deeper into the historical images of the Temple, which shape how we deeply we can understand Hebrews 10:19-25; ultimately, we need to ask “what we are holding onto and what is holding onto us?” If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

Burt and Ryan were recently in South Africa for the Global Methodist's General Conference. Ryan gives us a peek backstage of leading worship with such a large and diverse worship team, with as many as 10 different languages spoken and sung. Then Burt provides us with an explanation of the new Articles of Faith, where the GMC has been, where we are going, and what that looks like for KMC.

When Jesus delivers a parable and its meaning the remaining challenge is applying His teaching to our lives- which is a matter of heart.  If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

The Hebrew word for steadfast in Isaiah 26:3 includes the idea of someone leaning on something. Here it is clear what they’re leaning on: YHWH their God. This is the path to “perfect peace” (Hebrew: shalom shalom; repeated for emphasis). Isaiah seems to be speaking of a peace of mind rooted in our hope in God. Calvin brings out Isaiah’s point thus: There is…an implied contrast between God’s fixed thought and our wandering imaginations; for at almost every moment there springs up something new which drives our thoughts hither and thither, and there is no change, however slight, that does not produce some doubt. We ought therefore to hold this principle, that we do wrong if we judge of God’s unshaken purpose by our fickle imaginations…  Meister Eckhart and Anabaptist Christians use the German word “Gelassenheit” to describe a sort of inner calm rooted in the security we have in God (Martin Heidegger used the same word to describe a form of detachment involving noticeably less God).  If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

Hope is “an anchor for the soul, firm and secure,” says Hebrews. The idea of an anchor conjures both the image of a wild, raging sea and something solid, heavy, and secure. Less dramatically, a wall anchor allows you to reliably hang something heavy on soft, insecure drywall. Anchors provide a sense of steadiness in an unsteady situation. How might this help us understand hope? If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

Storms of life are inevitable, but where we and how we choose to build is optional. At the end of the full discourse of the sermon on the mouth in Matthew chapter 7 Jesus tells us the importance of both hearing and doing the word of God If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

The biblical book of Psalms begins with a profound reflection on the good, wise life. The psalmist contrasts the example of the wicked with that of someone whose delight is in God’s law. That person doesn’t walk, stand, or sit with sin. Instead, she is like a “tree planted by streams of water.” Fruitful, prospering, flourishing. We spend so much time comparing ourselves with other people, as if they are the ones we are called to follow. But the wicked are on a road leading to destruction, while God watches over his righteous people. We need to attend very carefully to who it is that we are patterning our lives after. In a world of chaos and uncertainty, make sure your life is firmly planted in the Lord!   If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

As we launch our series “Equilibrium” Ecclesiastes provokes a series of questions that lead us to discover a Christ-Shaped Equilibrium in the midst of a world that seems so out of balance.  If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

When Jesus states that he is the vine and we are the branches in John 15, He specifically states that our purpose of abiding/remaining in Him is to bear fruit.  What does it look like to bear fruit that will last? If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

Human religion is a sign pointing to the one true way to God: Jesus. Jesus is the way to God the Father, he is the truth about what God is really like, and he is the source the life of God. If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

We take this Sunday to recognize what God did this weekend at Flipt, our middle school missions camp. Come hear what God has done! If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

Human hope is a sign pointing to our one true hope: Jesus. Jesus doesn’t just raise the dead – by trusting in him, he empowers us to transcend the fear of death, because life in Jesus is so fully life that it is as if the one trusting in him never dies, even on this side of eternity.  If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

We welcome back Jim Welch to KMC! On this special breakaway sermon, Jim speaks on the Lord and thoughts on Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

In John 10:11-18 Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd”.  Today we learned what this would have meant for those who first heard Jesus and what it means for us today. If you prefer to listen, stream, and/or watch, join us and subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@kingwoodmethodist

Good Works Collective is a job ministry that is helping people find more than just the next job. They are building people up spiritually and equipping them to enter into new careers. They are building self-esteem and community that is allowing people to find purpose and God’s calling in their work. They are helping break down the barriers that can prevent those that are just working to make ends meet, to help them find careers that allow for purpose and fruitfulness.