Midtown Presbyterian Church

For many of us, this season is a storm, a disrupting force in our lives. We want to be people who turn to God in its midst, learning how to lament, how to handle isolation, how to wrestle with whether God cares, how to have encouragement in a storm, and how to emerge with mission from a storm. Listen as Luke Parker takes us into the lament of Joel as he writes of a storm of massive proportions in...

He Is Risen! Listen in as Luke Parker reminds us of the power of Christ's resurrection, conquering death and ushering us into entirely new life.

Join Luke Parker for another Midtown Monday, this time a deep dive into Psalm 27! Listen here on the podcast or head to YouTube to watch the video!

Hello friends of The Spring Midtown podcast! We are starting a new special series on the show in this unprecedented season of quarantine called Midtown Mondays; Luke Parker will be leading us through the Psalms, examining what they are saying to us about God, ourselves, and a life of faith in the modern world. The video versions of these talks are also available on our YouTube channel, and include...

There’s an old saying “everybody wants to look good but nobody wants to go the gym.” Sometimes it’s good to revisit things we know, but don’t always live into. Lent is a season of repentance, turning away from things that are holding us back from thriving in Christ and turning toward his transforming character. As Easter approaches we will be examining the cultivation of godly character, knowing t...

There’s an old saying “everybody wants to look good but nobody wants to go the gym.” Sometimes it’s good to revisit things we know, but don’t always live into. Lent is a season of repentance, turning away from things that are holding us back from thriving in Christ and turning toward his transforming character. As Easter approaches we will be examining the cultivation of godly character, knowing t...

There’s an old saying “everybody wants to look good but nobody wants to go the gym.” Sometimes it’s good to revisit things we know, but don’t always live into. Lent is a season of repentance, turning away from things that are holding us back from thriving in Christ and turning toward his transforming character. As Easter approaches we will be examining the cultivation of godly character, knowing t...

There’s an old saying “everybody wants to look good but nobody wants to go the gym.” Sometimes it’s good to revisit things we know, but don’t always live into. Lent is a season of repentance, turning away from things that are holding us back from thriving in Christ and turning toward his transforming character. As Easter approaches we will be examining the cultivation of godly character, knowing t...

We live as people of hope in a world dying without it. The more we understand the power of the hope that lives within us the more urgency we have to be a point of contact between Jesus and the broken world around us. Peter wrote us a letter explaining that we are on a Mission of Hope (1) As we love and are loved; (2) As God’s own people; (3) In whatever setting we find ourselves; (4) When we suffe...

We live as people of hope in a world dying without it. The more we understand the power of the hope that lives within us the more urgency we have to be a point of contact between Jesus and the broken world around us. Peter wrote us a letter explaining that we are on a Mission of Hope (1) As we love and are loved; (2) As God’s own people; (3) In whatever setting we find ourselves; (4) When we suffe...

We live as people of hope in a world dying without it. The more we understand the power of the hope that lives within us the more urgency we have to be a point of contact between Jesus and the broken world around us. Peter wrote us a letter explaining that we are on a Mission of Hope (1) As we love and are loved; (2) As God’s own people; (3) In whatever setting we find ourselves; (4) When we suffe...

We live as people of hope in a world dying without it. The more we understand the power of the hope that lives within us the more urgency we have to be a point of contact between Jesus and the broken world around us. Peter wrote us a letter explaining that we are on a Mission of Hope (1) As we love and are loved; (2) As God’s own people; (3) In whatever setting we find ourselves; (4) When we suffe...

We live as people of hope in a world dying without it. The more we understand the power of the hope that lives within us the more urgency we have to be a point of contact between Jesus and the broken world around us. Peter wrote us a letter explaining that we are on a Mission of Hope (1) As we love and are loved; (2) As God’s own people; (3) In whatever setting we find ourselves; (4) When we suffe...

We live as people of hope in a world dying without it. The more we understand the power of the hope that lives within us the more urgency we have to be a point of contact between Jesus and the broken world around us. Peter wrote us a letter explaining that we are on a Mission of Hope (1) As we love and are loved; (2) As God’s own people; (3) In whatever setting we find ourselves; (4) When we suffe...

We live as people of hope in a world dying without it. The more we understand the power of the hope that lives within us the more urgency we have to be a point of contact between Jesus and the broken world around us. Peter wrote us a letter explaining that we are on a Mission of Hope (1) As we love and are loved; (2) As God’s own people; (3) In whatever setting we find ourselves; (4) When we suffe...

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 r...

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 r...

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 r...

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--c...

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 brea...

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 c...

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...

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