Scripture Notes
Listen in and learn more about the stories of scripture, Christianity, and Methodism. These podcasts are clips from Sunday messages and pastoral musings at Trinity United Methodist Church of Colusa. Follow us online at ColusaUMC.org
Episodes
22 episodes
How Are We Sustained?
Matthew 20:1-16“How Are We Sustained?”What is the reward of faithfulness? In today’s parable of the landowner paying all the workers the same wage regardless of effort angers the ones who done the most?
As You Were Forgiven
Matthew 18:23-35“As You Were Forgiven”How is debt a prison for both the one who lends and the one who owes? How does mercy clear us from this bind?
Forgive and Forgive Again
Matthew 18:15-22“Forgive and Forgive Again”Why does Jesus call us to forgive and forgive again after giving instructions for dealing with those in the church who will not admit wrongdoing in Matthew?
Oh, Peter!: Peter the Stumbling Block
Matthew 16:21-28“Peter the Stumbling Block”Peter tries to convince Jesus that he cannot be serious about the trials ahead. Jesus retorts, “Get behind me, Satan!” Watch as Peter moves from “the rock” of Matt 16:18 to the “stumbli...
Oh, Peter!: Peter the Rock
Matthew 16:13-20“Peter the Rock”Peter declares Jesus to be the Messiah. Jesus declares, “on this rock I will build my church.” Join us for the second of three weeks with Simon Peter.
Seeds & Soil: Abundance
Matthew 13:31-33, 44-52“Abundance”The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed, yeast, treasure hidden in a field, a pearl of great value, a net that was thrown into the sea and full of fish of every kind. The Kingdom of Heaven ...
Seeds & Soil: Causes
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43“Causes”Jesus shares the parable of weeds planted along with the good wheat. He tells his followers that when goodness and malice are sufficiently mixed up together, all should be allowed to grow until har...
Seeds & Soil: Rootedness
Matthew 13:1-9,18-23“Rootedness”What if our becoming who we hope to be in Christ changes us almost beyond recognition? Jesus reminds us that the good word roots where it can get a purchase. Seeds that fall into the richness of a...
Out & About: Slow Transformation
Matthew 11:16-19, Matthew 11:25-30“Slow Transformation”For all the ways being a student of Jesus will stretch us, the burdens remain far lighter than the burdens of the world. If we must be yoked to something, let us submi...
Out & About: Empowered to Preach and Teach
Mark 6:7-13 and Matthew 9:35-10:8“Empowered to Preach and Teach”Jesus sends out his twelve closest students to preach the good news and heal. He sends his students into the world, asking them to just bring themselves and t...
Out & About: Unlikely Disciple
Matthew 9:9-13,18-26“Unlikely Disciple”Jesus asks Matt the Tax Collector to be his disciple. The hemorrhaging woman touches Jesus’ cloak and is healed. Jesus raises the young daughter from the dead. Whew! There is a lot going on...
Stretch: Pentecost
Acts 2:1-21“Pentecost”During Pentecost, the Holy Spirit falls on the disciples. But the breath of the Spirit was given to the disciples even as they hid in fear in the upper room. Sometimes the Spirit helps us to survive tragedy...
Always With Us: With Us
John 14:15-21“With Us”Jesus assures his followers He will be with them and will be alive even if He is no longer of this world.“I will not leave you orphaned; I am coming to you. In a little while the world will no longe...
Always With Us: Keep Going
Luke 24:13-35“Keep Going”Jesus walks with his followers on the road to Emmaus as they lament his death, but they do not even recognize him. How often do we fail to see that Jesus is walking with us even now?
Always With Us: Prove It
John 20:19-31“Prove It”Thomas asks for proof that Jesus has returned on the other side of death.Jesus provides exactly the proof that Thomas needs, without shame and without hesitation.
How It Started, How It's Going - He Is Risen!
Matthew 28:1-10 “He Is Risen”Palm and Passion Sunday, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday remind us to not mistake the feeling or situation of any one moment for the meaning and impact of a life in its entirety. In this short se...
Outside & Alone: Alone at Night
John 3:1-17“Alone At Night”In the weeks between Jesus’s challenge alone in the wilderness and the triumph and tragedy of Jesus’s walks alone through the crowds on days of palms and passion, we find Jesus interacting with others ...
First Fruits: Fish
Matthew 4:12-23"Fish"We continue our first sermon series of the year, First Fruits, as we read about the fulfillment of Isaiah. Jesus proclaims, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near.” Peter and Andrew are recruited t...
First Fruits: Lamb and Dove
Matt 3:13-17, John 1:29-42“Lamb and Dove”We begin our first sermon series of the year, First Fruits, we read about John the Baptist calling Jesus the Lamb of God and consider the meaning of the dove.
Safety in an Unsafe World: Another Road
Matthew 2:1-12“Another Road”The Magi, having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, left for their own country by another road. We are reminded that devotion to God requires us to care for our mind, body, and spirit by b...
Safety in an Unsafe World: Keeping Watch
Luke 2:1-20“Keeping Watch”Join us for our Christmas Eve Service at 5:30 pm to celebrate the birth of Jesus.On Christmas Eve, we light the Christ candle. Like the shepherds keeping watch, we can choose — despite our fear — t...
