United Methodist Church of Kent Sermon Podcast

You don’t hear much about hell nowadays. And yet there are many places where we have hell on earth! What does the Bible say about hell? There is in fact deep wisdom in Biblical teaching on this subject – and real hope.

How can you know for sure that there will be life beyond the grave in heaven? Many today would doubt the whole idea of an afterlife. But the Bible points to how we can have confidence in the promise of life eternal through Christ.

What is heaven like? The Bible gives us marvelous imagery, which points to the real nature and glory of heaven, with implications for our lives now.

Is heaven only future? Or can something of heaven take hold in our world now? Human beings seem far from heaven in many respects! But the Bible proclaims that as we trust in Christ we can begin to experience today something of heaven on earth.

Do people enter heaven at the moment of death? Or is there some kind of “resurrection at the last day” at the end of time? There is much confusion on this subject, but it all makes sense when we get the Biblical vision of eternity—a vision that can help us to comprehend events in life today.

The Bible rejects the two most common ideas that people have today about death—that death is simply annihilation, or, on the opposite end of the spectrum, that we have an “immortal soul” which by nature will never die. The Bible proclaims resurrection, which takes seriously both our mortality and God’s power to give life.

Human beings have speculated for ages about an afterlife, but is there anything to it? In the Bible, speculation is rejected. Biblical writers took a very skeptical view toward notions of life beyond death. Only a clear revelation and action of God could give reason to believe that there is something beyond the grave. In this new summer sermon series, Dr. Palmer will investigate the Biblical ideas of the afterlife and other religions’ perceptions of it.

It’s one thing to talk about living a life of faith and love; it’s another to able to do it, especially when we are facing enormous challenges, and all sorts of temptations and distractions in life. God gives us the answer through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit.

In this special United Methodist Women Sunday message, Judith Nedel narrows down the expectations God has for His children.

Animals only talk in Disney movies, right? So what do we do with a Bible story in which a donkey speaks? Some of the most unusual Biblical stories carry a very important message for life today.