Sermons and Talks at Myers Park Baptist Church

Rev. Dr. Ophelia Garmon Brown: Luke 13:10-17 – She is an award-winning physician, an ordained Baptist minister, a preacher, a selfless volunteer, and a powerful civic leader, but above all else Dr. Garmon-Brown is a caretaker and advocate for the health and well-being of the Charlotte community and beyond. Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. – Nelson Mandela Overcoming poverty is not a task of charity, it is an act of justice. Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings. Sometimes it falls on a generation to be great. You can be that great generation. Let your greatness blossom. – Nelson Mandela I am what I am because of who we are. – Desmond Tutu

Rev. Chrissy Tatum Williamson: Matthew 25:1-13 – Amos 5:18:  Alas for you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you want the day of the LORD? It is darkness, not light…

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Matthew 22:34-46 – The worship of the Golden Calf of old has returned in a new and ruthless guise in the idolatry of money and the dictatorship of an impersonal economy lacking a truly human purpose ~ Pope FrancisMammon, n.: The god of the world’s leading religion ~ Ambrose Bierce

Rev. Carrie Veal: Matthew 22:15-22 – Whatever alliances we may make with this world… [they] are ultimately directed by the One who created us and whose image we bear. ~ Davis Lose

Reverend Dr. Miguel De La Torre: Matthew 15:21-28

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell:Exodus 20:1-20 – The first commandment is a declaration that the God of the exodus is unlike all the gods the Israelites have known heretofore. This God is not to be confused with or thought parallel to the insatiable gods of imperial productivity. This God is subsequently revealed as a God of mercy, steadfast love, and faithfulness who is committed to covenantal relationships of fidelity. ~ Walter Brueggemann, Sabbath as Resistance

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Exodus 16:2-15 – There’s a hunger beyond food that’s expressed in food, and that’s why feeding is always a kind of miracle. ~ Sara Miles, Take This Bread: A Radical Conversion

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Exodus 17:1-7 – Wrestling with God is a sign of intimacy. You can’t wrestle with someone you are far away from. ~ Jon Acuff

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Exodus 14:10-31 – I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave person is not the one who does not feel afraid, but the one who conquers that fear. And as we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. ~ Nelson Mandela

Rev. W. Benjamin Boswell: Exodus 13:17-22 – Our path in life is not a straight line. It is a series of twists and turns, hills and valleys, both smooth sailing and rough seas. Prepare for the journey and surround yourself with friends who can help you navigate during your weakest hours. ~ Susan GaleThe straight line belongs to humans, the curved one to God. ~ Antoni Gaudi