Park Street Church Podcast

Mark Booker | Psalm 16 | Psalms of Jesus | We are called to walk by faith and not by sight. This sermon explores the life of faith through the lens of Psalm 16, going on to show that Jesus is the greatest illustration of this life.

Raymond Kam | Psalm 8 | Psalms of Jesus | This is the third sermon in the Psalms of Jesus series.

Julian L | Psalm 2 | Psalms of Jesus | This sermon explores the path of true blessedness and invites us to consider what we truly love. Do we delight in God's instruction and so live a life of fruit-bearing and substance? Or do we stop up our ears and go our own way? This psalm confronts us with that choice, and Jesus, of course, shows us how to choose well as he embodies this psalm in his life.

Mark Booker | Psalm 1 | Psalms of Jesus | This sermon explores the path of true blessedness and invites us to consider what we truly love. Do we delight in God's instruction and so live a life of fruit-bearing and substance? Or do we stop up our ears and go our own way? This psalm confronts us with that choice, and Jesus, of course, shows us how to choose well as he embodies this psalm in his life.

Mark Booker | Galatians 4:4-7 | This Trinity Sunday sermon considers the doctrine of the Trinity, its source, and why it matters and is central to the life of every Christian.

Michael Balboni | Ephesians 5:18-21 | Sermon focuses our attention on Ephesians 5:18, "And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit."

Mark Booker | Acts 18:1-17 | The World Right-Side Up | We all fight discouragement in the Christian life and in engaging the mission of God. We need encouragement! This sermon, which concludes our 6-week examination of Paul's second missionary journey, considers the encouragement that God gives to Paul during his encounter in Corinth.

Mark Booker | Acts 17:16-34 | The World Right-Side Up | We seek to learn about bearing witness by examining how Paul bears witness to Jesus and the resurrection in the city of Athens. 

Julian L | Acts 17:5-10 | The Word in the Synagogue: Scrutiny and Belief | Luke's description of the Word of God proclaimed in a Jewish synagogue in Greece illustrates how the gospel is both received and rejected by Jews. Whatever our context for mission today, we may face acceptance or hostility. We need to dialog with our neighbors and colleagues and declare the Word in ways that address their real questions. We also need to have a deeper desire and delight in the Lord himself to undergird our mission otherwise some other influence will corrupt our mission. 

Mark Booker | Acts 17:1-9 | The World Right-Side Up | This sermon considers the dynamics at work in the expansion of the kingdom of God through conversion by examining the conversion of the jailer in Philippi.

Mark Booker | Acts 16:16-34 | This sermon considers the dynamics at work in the expansion of the kingdom of God through conversion by examining the conversion of the jailer in Philippi. 

Message from Michael Balboni on April 16, 2023

Mark Booker | Matthew 27:62-28:15 | Easter Sunday | The resurrection of Jesus is a display of the power of God that is for life. Matthew's account shows two responses to this act of God: opposition or embrace. This Easter sermon considers both of these responses and the word of reassurance to those who embrace God's prevailing power: "Do not be afraid."

Mark Booker | Matthew 26:36-27:61 | Becoming Like Jesus | This Palm Sunday sermon considers Jesus as an exemplar of the life grounded in Scripture. Scripture is his anchor throughout his life and especially during his suffering and death. To become like Jesus, to walk on the way of the cross, the way of love, necessitates lives that are grounded in the word of God. This is the sixth and final sermon in a series exploring how we become like Jesus. 

Mark Booker | 2 Corinthians 5:14-21 | Becoming Like Jesus | God is a missionary God and he invites us to join him on his mission. From this text in 2 Corinthians 5, we consider the nature of God's mission and what it looks like for us to participate in it. This is the fifth sermon in a series exploring how we become like Jesus. 

Mark Booker | Ephesians 4:4-16 | Becoming Like Jesus | Community is essential to becoming like Jesus. In Ephesians 4, Paul paints a picture of the church as a community of unity in diversity that produces maturity. This fourth sermon in the series explores the fact that we belong to and are needed by this community, though we resist and doubt this in various ways.  

Mark Booker | John 4:7-26 | Becoming Like Jesus | With this third sermon in the series, we begin looking at four key trajectories in the Christian life which, when taken up together, help us to grow into Christlikeness. We start with worship, considering the biblical understanding of worship in a broad and narrow sense. As we seek to grow in worship, we consider several insights from Jesus's encounter with the woman at the well - as well as Isaiah's vision in Isaiah 6 - about what fuels true worship. 

Mark Booker | Mark 10:46-52 | Becoming Like Jesus | This is the second sermon in a six-week series that examines the aim or goal of a follower of Jesus. We look at Bartimaeus as a model disciple as he encounters Jesus and follows him on the way. We look examine this way in the context of the gospel according to Mark - the way of the cross, the way of love - and consider how we can walk on it more and more and, in so doing, become like Jesus.

Mark Booker | Acts 10:34-43 | Becoming Like Jesus | As the first sermon in a six-week series, this sermon looks at the gospel that Peter declares in the house of Cornelius. We see that the gospel is about a person (Jesus) in a position (Lord of all) with a particular purpose (peace through forgiveness / reconciliation and renewal). This good news is the foundation of our lives in Christ.

Mark Booker | Leviticus 26:1-26 | God With Us: Be Holy | This concluding sermon in a series on Leviticus considers the covenant blessings and curses of chapter 26. We consider the way of blessing, which is obedience. We also consider the greater blessing promised in verse twelve of this chapter which points beyond the bounds of Leviticus to the work of Jesus and the new creation: God walking among us.