Sermons and Talks at Myers Park Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell  |   Mark 1:14-20 “We’ve been gathered by a God who gathers so we might gather others; so we might heal and reconcile the world, by gathering up the fragmented pieces of God scattered all over creation and join them back together into a beloved family of peace, justice, and equality.”

Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell  |   Mark 1:14-20 “We’ve been gathered by a God who gathers so we might gather others; so we might heal and reconcile the world, by gathering up the fragmented pieces of God scattered all over creation and join them back together into a beloved family of peace, justice, and equality.”

Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell  |   Psalm 118:20-27 &   1 Peter 2:1-10 “We need to be re-founded on the stone the builders rejected — not the deed on which a restrictive covenant of whiteness is written, but the stone on which an open covenant with humanity is written — the stone of the prophets on which the demands of justice are written — the stone of Jesus Christ.”“Let this be the reckoning of all reckonings that racial justice is not just the most important work we will ever be called to as followers of Jesus and that it must become the cornerstone of our faith.”

Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell  |   Psalm 118:20-27 &   1 Peter 2:1-10 “We need to be re-founded on the stone the builders rejected — not the deed on which a restrictive covenant of whiteness is written, but the stone on which an open covenant with humanity is written — the stone of the prophets on which the demands of justice are written — the stone of Jesus Christ.”“Let this be the reckoning of all reckonings that racial justice is not just the most important work we will ever be called to as followers of Jesus and that it must become the cornerstone of our faith.”

Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell  |   Matthew 1:4-11 “Our apocalyptic crisis of identity has become an existential threat to our democracy. Toxic Christianity is what got us here. We need to start over. We need a new self, a new creation, a new society, and new nation. We need a new beginning, and we must be born again in order to begin again. So, let everything old be washed away so we can join the new thing God is doing.”

Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell  |   Matthew 1:4-11 “Our apocalyptic crisis of identity has become an existential threat to our democracy. Toxic Christianity is what got us here. We need to start over. We need a new self, a new creation, a new society, and new nation. We need a new beginning, and we must be born again in order to begin again. So, let everything old be washed away so we can join the new thing God is doing.”

Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell  |   Matthew 2:1-12 “Another world is possible—if we are willing to search for it. If we want to find life and joy in this new year, we must stop trying to protect our power, resist the death dealing ways of Herod, give up our power for others, and search for the newness that is being born out of the ashes of 2020.”

Rev. Dr. W. Benjamin Boswell  |   Matthew 2:1-12 “Another world is possible—if we are willing to search for it. If we want to find life and joy in this new year, we must stop trying to protect our power, resist the death dealing ways of Herod, give up our power for others, and search for the newness that is being born out of the ashes of 2020.”

Rev. Mia McClain | Genesis 16:7-16 “Perhaps the hope for all of us is not in ‘God save us,’ or ‘God deliver us,’ but in ‘God with us.'”“If we are to be God’s hands and feet in the world, we must see each other the way God sees us. We must open each other’s eyes to the wells in the wilderness. We must pour rivers in each other’s deserts. Do you not perceive it?”

Rev. Mia McClain | Genesis 16:7-16 “Perhaps the hope for all of us is not in ‘God save us,’ or ‘God deliver us,’ but in ‘God with us.'”“If we are to be God’s hands and feet in the world, we must see each other the way God sees us. We must open each other’s eyes to the wells in the wilderness. We must pour rivers in each other’s deserts. Do you not perceive it?”