Midtown Presbyterian Church

Jesus had a beef with the many of Jewish religious leaders of His time. In some cases these leaders were doing things or teaching things that were unnecessarily burdensome; in other cases they lacked integrity; in other cases they were violently opposed to everything God was doing in Jesus. In talking to his disciples about these leaders, he often used a unique word: “Woe!” “Woe to you when all sp...

Jesus had a beef with the many of Jewish religious leaders of His time. In some cases these leaders were doing things or teaching things that were unnecessarily burdensome; in other cases they lacked integrity; in other cases they were violently opposed to everything God was doing in Jesus. In talking to his disciples about these leaders, he often used a unique word: “Woe!” “Woe to you when all sp...

We can be just as lost in our goodness as we can in our badness. Listen as Pastor Clint explores the perspective of the elder brother after the prodigal son has returned home, and how Jesus teaches us that everyone is lost, everyone is loved, and everyone is led to respond. Sermon Resources: 1. “The father loves each son and gives each the freedom to be what he can, but he cannot give them the fre...

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. We've all got an idea of who God is: a judge, a teacher, an...

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. Listen as Pastor Clint explores Jesus' parable of the rich...

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. Watch this week as Tom Parker unpacks Jesus' parable of the...

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. Watch this week as Gayle Parker explores Jesus' parable of...

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. Listen as Pastor Clint explores Jesus' Parable of the Ten P...

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. Watch as Pastor Clint explores one of the most famous of Je...

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. Watch as Pastor Clint explores Jesus' story about the lost...

Stories are central to the human experience; we love to tell them and love to listen to them, and we tend to walk away from them having been changed in some way. Jesus was a master storyteller: He had a way of telling stories (the Bible calls them parables) that forced His audience to ask profound and relevant questions about their lives. As Pastor Clint introduces this series, we look at the purp...

What does it mean to have true peace? Watch as Gayle Parker explores the prophetic words of Micah and explores what they mean for us as we seek peace, in our lives and in the world. *We had an audio issue with recording this sermon - sorry for the low audio quality here* Sermon Resources: 1. "If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other." -Mother Teresa Join or...

What if there was a way to see all that is broken in the world, and yet still rejoice? What if there was a way to be completely honest about the darkness in and around us, and still dance and sing and shout with joy? Pastor Clint explores how the prophet Zephaniah shows us how this is possible, rooting our reasons for rejoicing in the forgiveness, delight, justice, and nearness of God, all made ma...

You're invited! This Advent season, 2021, join us as we look at the invitational nature of Jesus' arrival in the world, exploring the messages of the prophets as they looked forward to the day where God would come to redeem and to restore. Our culture is constantly telling us to return to the Christmas season--and to the duties of our regular lives--in a certain way. Yet so many of us often find o...

You're invited! This Advent season, 2021, join us as we look at the invitational nature of Jesus' arrival in the world, exploring the messages of the prophets as they looked forward to the day where God would come to redeem and to restore. This week, Caleb Shocklie explores the idea of hope, and how the prophet Jeremiah teaches us the nature of the coming hope found in the Messiah. Sermon Resource...

Listen as Steve Beard offers a commissioning service for Pastor Clint in this special ordination celebration!

What do fried chicken and following Jesus have in common? More than you might think... Listen as Pastor Clint explores Paul's words in Romans 12 about true Christian transformation and what it looks like in our lives today. Sermon Resources: 1. "My Way" is the most popular funeral song in the U.K. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190520-why-my-way-is-the-most-popular-funeral-song Join or foll...

How can dirty feet be beautiful? Guest preacher Gabby Gustafson gives us the answer, exploring Paul's words in Romans 10 and the invitation to proclaim and share the Gospel message. *Low audio quality this week due to a technical error - sorry for the listeners* Join or follow us below: Facebook: www.facebook.com/thespringmid...​ Instagram: www.instagram.com/spring.midtown​ Website: www.thespringm...

Listen as Pastor Clint explores the power of God's love, and how understanding this love - in the past, present, and future - transforms our life for good. Sermon Resources: 1. "God does not will all things, but God is at work in all things." -James Edwards, Commentary on Romans 2. "I believe that suffering will be healed and made up for, that all the humiliating absurdity of human contradictions...

What do we do with our pain and suffering? Join us as Pastor Clint takes on this universal question, and how the story of Jesus responds. Sermon Resources: 1. No Cure For Being Human, by Kate Bowler 2. "The Christian is involved in the human situation. Within he must battle with his own human nature; without he must live in a world of death and decay. Nonetheless, the Christian does not only live...

Listen as guest preacher Rob Dalrymple continues in our series on Romans, answering the crucial question for us as Christians: what happens after grace? What does life look like for the Christian now? Join or follow us below: Facebook: www.facebook.com/thespringmid...​ Instagram: www.instagram.com/spring.midtown​ Website: www.thespringmidtown.org/​ Community Groups: www.thespringmidtown.org/comm.....

Listen as Pastor Clint explores The Gap - not the clothing outfitter, but the Gap between who we know we ought to be and who we currently are. Learn what Paul's exploration of The Gap has to say to us in our day today, and about who God is in the middle of it. Sermon Resources: 1. “If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate th...

So grace is a great idea, but what does it actually do in our lives? Listen as Pastor Clint compares grace to a good map, which tells us where we are and where we are going, and how this actually starts to transform our lives, bit by bit. Sermon Resources: 1. "“A crucial eccentricity of the Christian faith is the assertion that people are saved by grace. There's nothing you have to do. There's not...

So grace is a great idea, but what does it actually do in our lives? Listen as Pastor Clint compares grace to a good map, which tells us where we are and where we are going, and how this actually starts to transform our lives, bit by bit. Sermon Resources: 1. "“A crucial eccentricity of the Christian faith is the assertion that people are saved by grace. There's nothing you have to do. There's not...

Listen as Pastor Clint takes us through the famous first words of Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, and how Jesus "re-tweets" from the Hebrew scriptures to paint a powerful and provocative picture of the kingdom of heaven. Sermon Resources: 1. Shadow Art by Tim Noble and Sue Webster - http://www.timnobleandsuewebster.com/ 2. "Can you hate the world enough to want to change it, and love it enough to see...