First United Methodist Church Taylorsville: Recent Episodes
First United Methodist Church Taylorsville
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Jesus offers advice on where we sit. Pastor Joel looks at how this advice impacts our lives and how we live.
Pastor Joel looks at how what Jesus teaches about pretending and explores how we each play pretend.
Pastor Joel begins a new series called, Eating With Jesus. As we take the next several weeks to do deep inner work we will explore who does Jesus eat with and what happens.
Pastor Joel wraps up the world religions series, Being Christian in a Multi-Faith World, by exploring the heart of the Christian faith and how Christianity interacts with other faiths.
Pastor Joel explores the Jewish faith and in what ways we can learn from our Jewish brothers and sisters to deepen our own faith.
Pastor Joel teaches about Islam, what Islam believes, and how understanding Islam can help us deepen our own Christian faith.
Pastor Joel teaches about the religion of Buddhism and shares some ways Christians can deepen our faith by learning about Buddhism.
Pastor Joel looks at the first sermon Jesus preaches and the mission at the heart of his ministry, and what that means for our own mission as followers of Jesus.
In this series we are exploring other faiths and how learning about these other faiths can help us grow and deepen our own faith as followers of Christ. Pastor Joel shares about Hinduism and how it might help us deepen our faith as Christians.
Pastor Joel explores how we struggle with forgiveness, why it matters, and some practices for how to forgive.
With so many people tired and exhausted from life, Pastor Joel explores what the phrase "Give us this day our daily bread" means in the Lord's Prayer.
Pastor Joel dives into the subversive phrase, "Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." He explores the particulars of what it looked like from Jesus' perspective and what it looks like for us today.
Pastor Joel begins exploring the subversive message of the Lord's prayer and the challenge this prayer is calling us into every day. It all begins with the words, Our Father who is in the heavens
Pastor Joel looks at how the church is called to be a transforming agent that blesses the community and world.
Pastor Joel explores if the church is still relevant and if it makes a difference in our lives and in the world.
Pastor Joel looks at the busyness in our lives, the stress it creates, and how we're invited to live in the midst of busyness.
Pastor Joel looks at our fear of pain, how it impacts our lives, and why it is so important for our hearts and souls.
Pastor Joel looks at the impact of our worry and anxiety and what God invites us to do with it.
Pastor Joel dives into what it takes to love our enemies and how it effects our own hearts and souls.
Pastor Joel looks at what how loving our neighbors and loving God are intimately connected
Pastor Joel dives into the importance of loyalty and how it works in our lives, and how paying attention this can help us live as God intended.
Pastor Joel looks at the parable of the pigs and the pearls, and what it says about how we should live.
Pastor Joel looks at how our freedom and control intersect, and how God fits into it all.
Pastor Joel explores where the revolution of changing the world came from and what that means for us today.
Pastor Joel dives into what Genesis 1 teaches about how God does and doesn't create, and what that means for each of us and the whole world.
Pastor Joel looks at the importance of living into God's call on our lives and (post the Derek Chauvin trial) what it may cost to love and care for people well.
Pastor Joel looks at why we stay in our comfort zones and what getting uncomfortable is all about.
Pastor Joel explains our mere-exposure bias (a simpler title is contact bias) and how recognizing this bias can help us love more fully.
Pastor Joel dives into how Zero-Sum Bias impacts the way we view winning, competition, and fairness. Jesus invites us to view these things in a different way that will change our lives and the world around us.
Pastor Joel explains how Confirmation Bias works to block what God is doing in our lives, and hinders us from seeing how God is working and inviting us to be a part of the work.
This is the start of our new series called, Renewing Our Minds: Learning to See What We Cannot See. Over the next several weeks we will be exploring 7 biases our brains hold (shortcuts for our brains that can be helpful or harmful). In this message, Pastor Joel explores the power Cognitive Dissonance & Self-Justification.
Pastor Joel explores the story behind Spider-Man, the power we have, and the responsibility we have to use that power.
Pastor Joel explores the story behind Captain America and how the spirit in us calls us to be a hero for the time we are in right now.
Kicking off our new series: The Making of a Superhero: The Story Behind the Story. In this sermon, Pastor Joel explores how the story behind Superman teaches us about ourselves, who we are, and God.
Fear isn't always bad. It isn't always good either. Pastor Joel invites us to consider how fear is working in our own lives and the people around us as we seek to live and love well each and every day.
Pastor Joel shares how we are called to move forward this year after the attack on the U.S. Capitol
Pastor Joel connects how Smiling Like A Weirdo, Random Posters, Fancy Plates, and Changing the world can help us to become more grateful, and ultimately more joyful.
Pastor Joel wraps up the Sermon on the Mount by looking at the hard path Jesus asks us to walk.