Park Street Church Sermons
444 episodes - English - Latest episode: 8 days ago - ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWeekly sermons from Boston's historic Park Street Church
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Entreating the Rebel
August 21, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Luke 15:11-32 | Finding the Lost | This sermon considers the lostness of the elder brother. We look at his sin and how it manifests itself in his heart and attitudes, and then we see the gracious response and invitation of the father. The father's love, and that alone, can overcome our rebellion, break our sin, and bring us to the feast of life with him.
Embracing the Rebel
August 14, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Luke 15:11-32 | Finding the Lost | This sermon examines the rebellion of the younger brother in this parable told by Jesus. In doing so, we see the nature of sin, the result of sin, and the scheming of sin. And then we see the father's gracious and overwhelming response that alone has the power to break sin.
Keep Walking With Jesus
August 07, 2022 12:00Julian L | Colossians 4:7-18 | Walk in Him | 'Keep Walking With Jesus' by receiving and offering comfort to others, by learning how to expand prayer into a process of struggle on behalf of others, and by remembering persecuted Christian in jails around the world. Make sure grace is the foundation of your walk with Jesus as that's the only thing that will sustain you or your church.
An Open Door
July 31, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | Colossians 4:2-6 | Walk in Him | Sharing the message of Christ through the framework of open doors.
Lord over Relationships
July 24, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | Colossians 3:11, 3:17 - 4:1 | Walk in Him | How Christ's lordship transforms power and transforms relationships.
Bodylife - The Bonds of Belonging and Ligaments of Love
July 17, 2022 12:00Damian Long | Colossians 3:12-17 | Walk in Him | God has made us for the unity and communion which exists within the Trinity. By clothing us, his dearly loved ones, in compassion, kindness, and meekness we we are living into our raised-with-Christ identity. It is his love, therefore that binds us to him and holds us together as a forgiving, thankful, and worshipful community called and sent to look and live like Jesus. *Correction: The quote, “we may in fact be the loneliest and most radical...
Put To Death
July 10, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 3:5-11 | Walk in Him | Paul continues teaching on the resurrection ethic by outlining the kinds of behaviors and practices that we are to put away, to leave behind. This sermon considers 1) why we would put away certain behaviors, 2) what these behaviors are, and 3) how we might put them away.
The Things Above
July 03, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 3:1-4 | Walk in Him | As he begins to expound the resurrection ethic, Paul lays down the foundational reality for this new way of life. This sermon considers that foundational reality and then unpacks the primary exhortation of seeking and setting our minds on the things that are above. What do we seek? On what do we set our minds?
Avoid Captivity
June 26, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 2:8-23 | Walk in Him | Having exhorted them to walk in Christ, Paul next urges the Colossians not to be taken captive by lesser authorities that will diminish their life. We consider the nature of the dangers, the reality of the church in Christ, and a solution to resisting captivity.
Walk in Him
June 19, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 2:6-7 | Walk in Him | After finishing his long introduction, Paul moves to his primary exhortation in Colossians 2.6-7. This sermon explores this exhortation - which is a call to maturity in Christ. We also consider, from verse 7, the additional encouragement that Paul provides the church as we seek to walk in Christ.
All Prayer
June 12, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | Ephesians 6:10-18 | Joining together in mighty All-Prayer against the foe.
Him We Proclaim
June 05, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 1:24 - 2:5 | Walk in Him | On Pentecost, we examine the nature of Christian mission as Paul reflects on his apostolic call with the Colossians. The proclamation of Jesus is at the heart of this mission, and we can only do this faithfully in and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Worthy Toil
June 05, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 1:24 - 2:5 | Walk in Him | On Pentecost, we examine the nature of Christian mission as Paul reflects on his apostolic call with the Colossians. The proclamation of Jesus is at the heart of this mission, and we can only do this faithfully in and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Jesus: Lord Over All
May 29, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 1:15-23 | Walk in Him | Paul grounds the thanksgiving of the church in the present reality of Christ as Lord. In a world where our imaginations are too often captivated by lesser things, Paul uses poetry to captivate our imaginations with the grandeur and magnitude of the person and work of Christ.
Prayers for Life
May 22, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 1:9-14 | Walk in Him | Paul's reveals his unceasing prayer for the church, addressing the topics of knowledge, power, and thanksgiving and clarifying a vision of Christian maturity as a fruit-bearing life that is worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him.
The Fruit of Truth
May 08, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Colossians 1:1-8 | Walk in Him | This sermon introduces Paul's letter to the Colossians and considers the opening thanksgiving in Col 1.3-8. We consider the reality of truth, the delivery of that truth, and the fruit of that truth.
Healing Prayer
May 01, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | James 5:13-18 | Powerful and effective healing prayer.
Witnesses to All Nations
April 24, 2022 12:00Julian L | Luke 24:36-52 | Eastertide | We are called to be witnesses to all nations.
The Way Out
April 17, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Romans 6:3-14 | Easter Service | Alleluia! Christ is risen! Through his death and resurrection, Jesus provides the way out of sin and death. Through the lens of Romans 6.3-14, this Easter sermon explores how we take that way to true life and what to expect, both now and in the future, when we do.
Walk in Love
April 10, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Luke 22:39 - 23:56 | A Healthy Community of Love | We see how Jesus - in the foundational, kingdom-inaugurating, saving event of the cross - embodies the traits and practices of the people who enable and sustain healthy communities of love. We are called to follow him in this, to walk in love as he loved us and gave himself up for us.
Taming the Tongue
April 03, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Ephesians 4:20 - 5:2 | A Healthy Community of Love | All Christian communities deal with sin and sin is so often manifest in our words. To be healthy we must tame the tongue. We examine Paul's emphasis on our words in his practical exhortations to the church, specifically on the call to truthful and edifying speech.
Pleasing Our Neighbors Not Ourselves
March 27, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Romans 15:1-7 | A Healthy Community of Love | This message considers two more practices of those who enable and sustain healthy Christian communities: not pleasing ourselves and welcoming one another. These exhortations are to help the church to walk in unity in the context of division and difference.
Bearing Each Other's Burdens
March 20, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | Galatians 6:1-5 | A Healthy Community of Love | How to bear one another's burdens.
The Forgiven Forgive
March 13, 2022 12:00Damian Long | Matthew 18:21-35 | A Healthy Community of Love | As Jesus so jaggedly describes in this parable in Matthew 18, unforgiveness seizes, chokes, and imprisons our community of love. But by basking in the presence of our merciful master, we are transformed into who we are – forgiven and free to freely forgive.
The Priority of Right Relationships
March 06, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Matthew 5:21-26 | A Healthy Community of Love | Our relationships matter. They are primary, not secondary, and they are central to our witness to the gospel which has reconciliation at its heart. Jesus calls us to forego anger and insults and to prioritize reconciliation with our brother or sister as an urgent matter. This message concludes with reflection on how we might prioritize and pursue reconciliation with one another in the body of Christ.
Right Judgment
February 27, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Matthew 7:1-6 | A Healthy Community of Love | This sermon considers Jesus's two arguments against having a judgmental spirit arising from a sense of self-righteousness. Jesus urges us to see our own sin before, and even as, we see and address the sins of others. This is a call to humility, to the right judgment of acknowledging that we are sinners saved by grace. This proper self-understanding, enabled by the amazing love of God for us, is central for healthy Christian communit...
The Foundation of Love
February 20, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Galatians 2:11-21 | A Healthy Community of Love | This is the first message in a series of sermons that will examine the traits and practices of people that enable and sustain healthy communities of love. We begin with the foundation of the Christian life, Christian relationships, and Christian communities: that we are loved by Jesus. Paul bears witness to this foundation in Galatians 2.20, and we explore the ramifications of this for communities and individuals.
Rich Toward God, Part 3: The Call
February 13, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Luke 12:32-34 | The Call | This final message of the three-part series, "Rich Toward God," considers the tender but challenging call of Jesus that clarifies what it means to live a life that is rich toward God in relation to our possessions. We examine the preparation for this call (v32), the call itself (v33), and the motivation that Jesus gives for obeying the call (vv33-34).
Rich Toward God, Part 2: The Barrier
February 06, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Luke 12:22-31 | The Barrier | In this text, Jesus addresses the barrier to a life that is rich toward God: anxiety over not having enough. He takes us to the heart of faith: do we trust in God's provision, as children of the Father, or we live as cosmic orphans who must fend for ourselves? In light of God's provision, we can be liberated from the anxiety over not having enough and so live a life that is rich toward God.
Rich Toward God, Part 1: The Temptation
January 30, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Luke 12:13-21 | The Temptation | This is the first of three messages on money and possessions from Luke 12.13-34. We consider what it means to live a life that is rich toward God. We also think about the temptation that lures away from this way of life and the folly of falling prey to the temptation.
Part 1: The Temptation
January 30, 2022 12:00Mark Booker | Luke 12:13-21 | The Temptation | This is the first of three messages on money and possessions from Luke 12.13-34. We consider what it means to live a life that is rich toward God. We also think about the temptation that lures away from this way of life and the folly of falling prey to the temptation.
Hope By Prayer
January 23, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | Ephesians 1:15-23| Hope By Prayer | Becoming a church with prayer infused with hope.
Prayer Through Hope
January 23, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | Ephesians 1:15-23| Prayer Through Hope | Becoming a church with prayer infused with hope.
Hope Through Suffering
January 16, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | Romans 5:3-5 | Hope Through Suffering | Suffering is not the problem, but the path to hope.
The Beauty of Jesus
January 09, 2022 12:00Kimberley Morrison | Matthew 2:1-12 | The Beauty of Jesus | In this message we consider six elements that are necessary to bring people to see the essential nature and meaning of Jesus.
Hope in God
January 02, 2022 12:00Michael Balboni | Psalm 23:5A | Hope in God | How to nourish hope in the new year.
Ordinary Obedience...Extraordinary God
December 26, 2021 12:00Adam Herndon | Luke 2:21-35 | Ordinary Obedience...Extraordinary God | Throughout the Bible, the ordinary obedience of God's people has been used to reveal his glory. We see this in the events following the Christmas story in the faithful obedience of Jesus' parents and the faithful witness of Simeon and Anna, and ultimately we see it in the faithful obedience of Jesus himself as he looks towards the cross.
Redeeming, Returning, and Reigning
December 24, 2021 12:00We explore the significance of the birth of Jesus through the lens of the good news as it is given in Isaiah 52.7-10. In short: God is redeeming, God is returning, and God is reigning. Merry Christmas!
Uncommon Redemption
December 19, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Ruth 4:1-22 | Uncommon Redemption | The commitment, favor, and boldness of the earlier chapters in Ruth lead to an uncommon redemption in Ruth 4. This redemption is fueled by kindness, and it points and leads to the greatest act of (divine) kindness the world has ever known: the redemption of the world through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Uncommon Boldness
December 12, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Ruth 3:1-18 | Uncommon Boldness | In the marriage proposal of Naomi and Ruth to Boaz, these two women demonstrate a boldness that is to mark the life of faith. We explore the rationale, risk, and reward of their boldness, learning from their example and observing how they point us to the boldness of Jesus.
Uncommon Favor
December 05, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Ruth 2:1-23 | Uncommon Favor | Ruth and Naomi's situation take a new turn in chapter 2 as God leads Ruth to glean in the field of Boaz. In their interaction, Boaz shows Ruth an uncommon favor that changes the trajectory of her and Naomi's lives. This sermon explores the source, the extent, and the results of this favor and looks to the even more uncommon favor of the greater Boaz, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Uncommon Commitment
November 28, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Ruth 1:1-22 | Uncommon Commitment | In the opening chapter of Ruth, we see a glimmer of light in the midst of the increasing darkness of Naomi's life. This light points us to the light of the world whose commitment to us is the most uncommon commitment of all.
The Power of the Gospel
November 21, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Romans 1:16-17 | The Gospel of God | Having considered the source, content, and results of the gospel, in this final sermon of the series, we now consider its power. This power is for salvation to everyone who believes. Knowing this power, this great deliverance, we are not to be ashamed of the gospel but eager to share it with the world whatever the cost.
The Final City
November 14, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Revelation 21:22-22:5 | Global Mission Conference | As the closing message of our Global Missions Conference, "Jesus in Global Cities," this sermon explores the features of the final city, the New Jerusalem. We explore the way in which this vision of a God-infused, global, garden-like, and glory-filled city encourages the church to stand firm and informs our ongoing mission to the world.
Jesus in Global Cities
November 07, 2021 12:00Chris Clayman | Acts 17:22-34 | Jesus in Global Cities | God works in time and space, through migration and hardship, to bring people to himself. Chris Clayman, Co-Founder and Associate Director of Global Cities, preaches on God’s mission in cities, addressing Park Street Church during the first Sunday of the 2021 Global Missions Conference.
The Results of the Gospel #5: Servants of One Another
October 31, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Romans 1:8-15 | The Gospel of God | The gospel of God transforms us into servants: servants of God, servants of all, and servants of one another. This sermon considers that while we are, in fact, called to serve all, we have a particular call to serve one another in the body of Christ. From Romans 1.8-15, we explore four dimensions of this service that arise from the relationship between Paul and the Christians in Rome.
The Results of the Gospel #4: Servants of All
October 24, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Romans 1:14 | The Gospel of God | As the agents through whom God's mission of worldwide blessing is expanding, we are servants of all. This sermon examines the origin of this service, the scope of this service, and the nature of this service. In short, as servants of God we are called to serve everyone we see without distinction, even our enemies.
The Results of the Gospel #3: Servants of God
October 17, 2021 12:00Mark Booker | Romans 1:9 | The gospel of God | The Gospel results in transformed lives that are marked out by service, and this life of service is the way to truly live. This sermon explores the reality that we are servants of God, examining our proper relation to God as a servant, how this comes about, how we are motivated as servants, and the sphere of our service.