Sermons and Talks at Myers Park Baptist Church

Mia M. McClain: Psalm 81

Mia M. McClain: Psalm 81

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Luke 13:1-9

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Luke 13:1-9

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Luke 12:49-56

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Luke 12:22-40

Rev. Dr. Bill Leonard:

Rev. Dr. Bill Leonard: In contemporary America has the ever-lurking racism inherent in our culture now become publicly permissible? Inside and outside the church, are we all in danger of moving from chants to violence – or, God help us – are we already there? . . . Instead of chanting “send her home;” instead of “othering” each other; instead of giving in or giving up to the “unredeemed and tortured world,” people of faith are called to a deeper commitment to the gospel as a powerful liberating presence among the poor right now in their midst. Grace alone can unlock the cages that are about to trap us all. – Bill LeonardI prayed for freedom for twenty years, and when I received no answer, I prayed with my legs. – Frederick DouglassFor many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs. Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying. – Abraham Joshua Heschel

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Colossians 1:15-28

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Colossians 1:1-14 “After death something new begins, over which all powers of the world of death have no more might.”― Dietrich Bonhoeffer“Reports convey information. Stories create experience. Reports transfer knowledge. Stories transport the reader, crossing the boundaries of time, space, and imagination. The report points us there. The story puts us there.” ― Roy Peter Clark“The only trouble is that in the spiritual life there are no tricks and no shortcuts. Those who imagine that they can discover spiritual gimmicks and put them to work for themselves usually ignore God’s will and grace.” ― Thomas Merton