Celebrating 75 Years Podcasts

Carlyle Marney: Christmas Eve Sermon (12-24-65)


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This is Dr. Marney’s controversial 1965 Christmas Eve sermon which was broadcast live on the CBS network. Critics claimed it focused on man instead of Jesus. It emphasized peace and social justice and called for “a new kind of man.” He called for all men to transcend nationality, race and tribe. He spoke of a true Ecumenism “that recognizes the Jew, the Christian and the Muslim (all 700 million of them.)” This was quite radical for the times.
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Celebrating 75 Years PodcastsBy Myers Park Baptist Church