The Christmas season should be JOY-FULL! We joyfully anticipate the coming of Christ - the fact that he came and the fact that he will come again is the best news the world could ever receive. To enter into this season is to enter its fun and laughter, because the message of the season is JOY to the world! In this series of sermons, we will be looking at the rich, beautiful message John gives us regarding the meaning of the coming of Jesus thousands of years ago alongside some of the most beloved Christmas movies of our time. Get ready to reflect on scene from Rudolf, Muppet Christmas Carol, Grinch, Charlie Brown Christmas, and Elf as they put a smile to your face and help you hear the incarnation of our Lord as the message of Joy to the World.

This week, Clint Leavitt discusses the joy of enlightenment that we receive in the true light of Jesus, and how this far surpasses any reflection of light we perceive in the world!

In this series we are seeking to listen critically to the advice the world gives for living the good life. While our culture has wisdom to offer, if we’re not careful, we can end up worshipping the wrong things. This week, Gayle Parker discusses the younger son in Jesus's Parable of the Two Sons, revealing how making our lives "all about the journey"--a motto we hear echoed all over our culture--can actually prove detrimental to our hearts and minds.

In this series we are seeking to listen critically to the advice the world gives for living the good life. While our culture has wisdom to offer, if we’re not careful, we can end up worshipping the wrong things. This week, Luke Parker will discuss the older son in Jesus's Parable of the Two Sons, and how our attempts at morality can often be misguided, missing the true target of knowing Jesus.

In this series we are seeking to listen critically to the advice the world gives for living the good life. While our culture has wisdom to offer, if we’re not careful, we can end up worshipping the wrong things. This week, Luke Parker will navigate the way our culture views love, and how we get our own loves out of order when we listen to this advice.

In this series we are seeking to listen critically to the advice the world gives for living the good life. While our culture has wisdom to offer, if we’re not careful, we can end up worshipping the wrong things. In this sermon, Clint Leavitt examines the cultural narrative that prioritizes the approval of others, identifying how the voice of the people is insufficient and how the voice of God breaks through instead.

In this series we are seeking to listen critically to the advice the world gives for living the good life. While our culture has wisdom to offer, if we’re not careful, we can end up worshipping the wrong things. In this sermon, Gayle Parker examines the cultural narrative that tells us our life must be entirely focused on our worldly success, monetary and otherwise, and how following that advice can lead to our ruin. As a wise man once said, “Where your treasure is your heart will be also… no one can serve two masters.”

In this series we are seeking to listen critically to the advice the world gives for living the good life. While our culture has wisdom to offer, if we’re not careful, we can end up worshipping the wrong things. In this sermon, Tom Parker examines the cultural narrative that tells us our life must be entirely focused on family, and how following that advice can lead to our ruin. As a wise man once said, “Where your treasure is your heart will be also… no one can serve two masters.”

Luke Parker wraps up our series on Jonah, reminding us that--just like Jonah himself in Chapter 4--we are all still under construction.

6 October 2019 | Jonah 4 - Luke Parker by Midtown Presbyterian Church

22 September 2019 | Jonah 1 17 - 2 10 -- Gabby Gustafson by Midtown Presbyterian Church