The Park Road Pres Podcast

Park Road Presbyterian Church

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5d ago

Got Juice!

This is APOCALYPTIC LITERATURE. Some people are inordinately drawn to it, and others are sort of afraid of it... We'll look at the FORM or GENRE at the end of the sermon but since it touches on some huge themes of the spiritual life and since we all have a spiritual life (even if you think you don't - you do!), let's look at THE MAIN IDEA of the passage, then a MAJOR IDENTIFICATION in it and finally, THE MYSTERIOUS MODE (why's it expressed in this strange way with symbols and images?)
Aug 17

Disappointment & Destiny

How do you keep the fire of the spiritual life burning?... And what happens if that fire dims, smolders, goes out...how do you deal with the disillusionments and inevitable disappointments that are always a part of the spiritual life? How do we sustain ZEAL when we're in the mundane rhythms that are, AGAIN, just a part of any normal relationship (even a relationship with God)? Five occasions for FADING ZEAL, five ways we cool down in the spiritual life and how God responds to each.
Aug 11

The Decree

Preacher: TJ Campo Scripture: Ezra 6:1-15
Jul 28

The First Christians

Scripture: Acts 11:19-30 Preacher: Reverend Nate Taylor
Jul 28

The Family Story of God's Mission

Guest preacher, Rev. Nate Taylor, presents today's sermon. Nate grew up at Park Road Church and has become a pastor, missionary, and church planter in Glasgow, Scotland (Crossbridge Church) partly through the influence of the church's youth pastor in those earlier days, Rev. Brad Hunter, who, himself, planted a church in Vienna, Austria (New City Wein). While Nate's back in the states on a brief furlough, we have the opportunity to benefit from his preaching this and next Sunday. Sermon Text: Acts 8.26-40 The Family Story of God's Mission https://www.crossbridgechurch.co.uk/
Jul 14

My Besetting Sin

This writer was trying to strengthen these early Hebrew Christians. And his/her approach is really helpful as WE try to interpret the tough stuff of life and even find ourselves asking, "Why me?" So, let's get into this idea of interpreting pain in the Christian life: #1 – The Besetting Sin Facing All Believers #2 – How the Problem of Pain Aggravates This Sin #3–How Fixing Our Eyes Leads to Healing and Endurance
Jul 6

Winners, Losers, Believers

This chapter maybe,more than any other part of the written sermon called the Book of Hebrews; Ch. 11 is there to prove that the basis of OT spirituality or religion is God giving grace to undeserving people and people receiving that grace BY FAITH or TRUST. The writer demonstrates this by using like 15 specific examples (we've looked at all of them); he parades these towering figures, the B.C. heroes whom every Jewish child knew and admired: the superstars of the OT… The writer shows that they were not really all that heroic. In themselves they were a lot like we are (as in James 5.17). They became known as great doers but in reality, they were FIRST… great receivers. God poured out His grace on them and they received. This act of "active passivity," (Schaeffer), appropriating grace from God is what the Bible calls "faith". They inhaled grace "by faith" (over 20x) and that grace from God saved them, changed them, blessed them, made their lives extraordinary. And now the writer closes his argument with this final burst of rapid-fire list of (Judges, Kings and Prophets) atop the characters he's already commemorated. It's important for us to see because, in our time, the words faith/believe mean various things to various people. It's a Biblical word but often redefined or undefined. AND some Christians see faith as a one-time act and living "by faith" has little to do with the everyday spiritual life. So, let's look at: This chapter maybe more than any other part of the written sermon called the Book of Hebrews; Ch. 11 is there to prove that the basis of OT spirituality or religion is God giving grace to undeserving people and people receiving that grace BY FAITH
Jun 29

Wilderness Faith

Let's see next what it is about these acts of faith that we are supposed to notice. In all three of the situations, it was an act of trusting submission or submissive trust, that seemed contrary to sensory evidence, and that was exercised in the context of despair. Let me unpack that: #1 – Submissive trust #2 – That seemed contrary to sensory evidence #3 – Exercised in the context of despair

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