Spring Lake UMC

June 30, 2019 & July 14, 2019 We think of compassion and pouring ourselves out as related concepts, and seemingly at the opposite end of the spectrum…… Read more “Who We Are”

Philemon VS 1-3 – Prisoner of Christ – A prisoner of Christ Jesus – as in the other captivity letters (Colossians, Philippians, and Ephesians – A.D. 62-63),…… Read more “Philemon”

Colossians 3:5-17– “Paraenesis” (Vices and Virtues) – Consider the members of your earthly body as dead – literally, “mortify” in the sense of putrefaction (decayed, atrophy, decomposition,…… Read more “Paraenesis”

Scripture is Not “God’s Word” Scripture – graphe – “writings” (occurring 20 times in the NT); in Romans (1:2; 16:26) the Greek word has become a proper…… Read more “Scripture and The Word of God”

John 13:34; 15:9, 12   In the English translation of the Scriptures we find the English word “love” throughout. What we lose in English, however, is the…… Read more “Love Is Greek To Me”

Walking Out Worship     February 3, 2019 Every social group has a trigger word, or words, don’t they? Each of these words – when used in specific…… Read more “Walking Out Worship”

Worship—A Heart In Pursuit Part 2- Loves John 4:1-26 Focus verses: 4:15-19 Review 1. To be human means to be for something, directed toward something and oriented…… Read more “Worship: Part II”

Worship—A Heart In Pursuit Part I – Thirsty John 4:1-26 Intro As Jesus travels back to Galilee, he comes to a city called Sychar-drunken. The author indicates…… Read more “Worship: Part I”

John 10:22-30 The context of this text is found in the fact that it was the time of the Festival of Dedication (vs.22). Today it is known…… Read more “The Weight of Reality”

Genesis 1:1–4 – (vs 1) “without shape or form,” these two Hebrew words always denote judgment; (vs 2) “darkness over the deep sea,” water covered what God…… Read more “A Pauline Narrative of Beginnings”