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Park Street Church Sermons

Park Street Churchwww.parkstreet.org
Weekly sermons from Boston's historic Park Street Church
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Episodes

God's Mercy, Our Response

Mark Booker | Psalm 116 1-19 | Psalm 116 reveals a pattern that envelopes the whole of the Christian life: trouble, petition, deliverance, and grateful response. This sermon considers how God's ultimate deliverance through Christ enables us to live with hope and thanksgiving even in our darkest moments.

Aug 17, 2025

Non Nobis, Domine: The Believer’s Rallying Cry

Sandy Willson | Psalm 115 | When we face the question, "Is the God of the Bible real?" what do we do? Guest preacher Sandy Willson (Pastor Emeritus at Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee) explores this question through the lens of Psalm 115.

Aug 10, 2025

To Lift

Randall Wetzig | Psalm 113 | Psalm 113 tells us to praise God at all times and in every place. But why should we?

Jul 27, 2025

The Man of God

Adam Herndon | Psalm 112 | This Psalm, often referred to as the beatitudes of the Psalms, shows what a blessed life looks like when we live in the fear of the Lord. The central blessing being how we can live free of all other fears we may have.

Jul 20, 2025

The Great Works of God

Mark Booker | Psalm 111 | Psalm 111 reveals how God's mighty works of deliverance fuel the life of praise that is marked by wholehearted thanksgiving, communal worship, and lives lived in the fear of the Lord.

Jul 13, 2025

The Lord's Supper

Mark Booker | Luke 22:7-20 | This sermon reflects on the gift of the sacraments generally and then on the Lord's Supper as instituted by Jesus with his disciples the night before he was crucified. The Lord's Supper is to be a joyful celebration as we remember Christ's sacrifice, commune with Him in the present, and anticipate the future messianic banquet.

Jul 06, 2025

The Name of the Lord Jesus

Mark Booker | Colossians 3:17 | In this conclusion to the sermon series on the new life from Colossians 3.12-17, this sermon considers the Christ-saturated reality of the new life, how this produces a life abounding in thanksgiving, and how that then leads us - as the beloved children of God - to do everything "in the name of the Lord Jesus."

Jun 29, 2025

The Word of Christ

Mark Booker | Colossians 3:16 | This sermon unpacks Colossians 3.16 through three key movements: the nature of Christ's word, what it means for this word to dwell richly within us, and how psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs are a means of teaching and admonishing one another, helping us to mature as the body of Christ.

Jun 22, 2025

The Peace of Christ

Mark Booker | Colossians 3:15 | In contrast to a world filled with conflict and division, the new life to which we are called in Christ is to be ruled by the peace of Christ. This sermon explores the nature of this peace, what it means for this peace to rule over us, and why this is fitting given that we are one body.

Jun 15, 2025

Above All, Love

Mark Booker | Colossians 3:14 | As part of a series on the new life we have in Christ in Colossians 3.12-17, this sermon explores the defining virtue of the Christian life: love. We examine the priority of love, the definition of love, and the ways we can grow in love.

Jun 08, 2025

Forgiving Each Other

Mark Booker | Colossians 3:13 | This sermon explores the radical call to forgiveness in the Christian life, examining both the inner work of forgiveness and touching on the journey toward reconciled relationships. God's lavish forgiveness is the foundation for extending grace to those who have wounded us—not as advanced spirituality, but as the essential heartbeat of new life in Christ.

Jun 01, 2025

A New Posture

Mark Booker | Colossians 3:12 | This sermon explores what it means to "put on" the character of Christ through five qualities that reshape our posture toward others: compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. These are not automatic changes but intentional ways of living that we are to develop daily—like putting on a new uniform for our new life in Christ.

May 25, 2025

With Christ

Mark Booker | Colossians 3:12 | We begin a new sermon series on Colossians 3:12-17 to explore the new life in Christ. This opening sermon demonstrates that our identity is not defined by our careers or roles, but by what God has done for us through his love, grace, and mercy. God's action in Christ changes our hearts and fuels our transformation into the new life. This transformation comes not through self-help effort, but through embracing and believing the reality that "the old has passed away...

May 18, 2025

Our Spirit-Empowered Mission

Sandy Willson | Acts 1:1-8 | Sermon given by guest preacher and Interim President of The Gospel Coalition, Sandy Willson, on Acts 1.

May 11, 2025

The Good Shepherd

Adam Herndon | John 10:11-18 | Jesus is the Good Shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep, knows the sheep, and gathers them into one flock.

May 04, 2025

We Have Seen the Lord

Randall Wetzig | John 20:19-31 | For many of us, Thomas is one of the most relatable people in the Bible. How does Jesus respond to Thomas' request for evidence of the resurrection? And what does it mean for us to to believe in the resurrected Son of God?

Apr 27, 2025

The Living Among the Dead

Mark Booker | Luke 24:1 - 12 | This Easter message explores the question that the two angels ask the women at the tomb on the first Easter morning: why do you seek the living among the dead? Jesus is the only source of abundant, indestructible life, and we are invited to stop seeking the living among the dead and to turn to him for life.

Apr 20, 2025

Amazing Love

Mark Booker | John 18:1 - 19:37 | Who is on the cross and what does he have to do with me? Through the lens of the Gospel according to John, this sermon explores how Jesus' death was not merely a tragic event but a deliberate act of divine love—bringing cleansing, liberation, and abundant life to all who recognize the personal nature of His sacrifice.

Apr 18, 2025

Costly Provision

Mark Booker | Revelation 3:14-22 | This final message on the book of Revelation (delivered on Palm Sunday) considers Christ's challenging but gracious words to the church in Laodicea. Jesus lovingly offers what we truly need through His sacrificial death, inviting us to open the door to intimate fellowship with Him.

Apr 13, 2025

Be Faithful

Mark Booker | Revelation 2:8-11, 3:7-13 | Jesus's messages to the faithful churches of Smyrna and Philadelphia encourage them to walk by faith and not by sight, acknowledging their true spiritual wealth in the midst of tribulation. We look at the core conviction of faith and how that is to work itself out in our lives.

Apr 06, 2025

Be Watchful

Mark Booker | Revelation 3:1-6 | This sermon examines Christ's urgent message to the church in Sardis that appeared alive but was spiritually dead. We consider the remedy Jesus gives for this condition as well as the call to avoid the subtle compromises that gradually numb our hearts to the gospel.

Mar 30, 2025

Hold Fast

Mark Booker | Revelation 2:18-29 | Jesus exhorts believers in Thyatira to "hold fast" amidst teaching that is leading some of them to conform to the culture. This sermon considers several ways that we are tempted to compromise and calls us to see and behold Jesus - in his power, love, and mercy - as the key to remaining faithful.

Mar 23, 2025

No Compromise

Mark Booker | Revelation 2:12-17 | This sermon explores Jesus's message to the church in Pergamum and its relevance for Christians today who face pressure to compromise with cultural norms. It offers practical questions to help believers examine areas where they might be accommodating worldly values rather than remaining faithful witnesses.

Mar 16, 2025

Recovering Love

Mark Booker | Revelation 2:1-7 | In this sermon exploring the first of seven messages to the churches in Revelation, we discover how Jesus both commends the Ephesians for their commitment to doctrinal truth while rebuking them for abandoning the the love they had at first. The message invites us to examine our own hearts with regard to love even as we remain zealous to defend the truth.

Mar 09, 2025

Come, Lord Jesus!

Mark Booker | Revelation 22:6-21 | This sermon explores how Revelation calls us to urgent, faithful, worshipful, Christ-centered, and hope-filled witness amidst conflict as we wait for Christ to return. The epilogue remind us that this book is not primarily a puzzle to decode but a manual of discipleship for followers of the Lamb whose are empowered by the grace of God.

Mar 02, 2025

All Things New

Mark Booker | Revelation 21:1 - 22:5 | We come to the encouraging vision of God's new creation in Revelation 21-22. This message explores the fact that God is making all things new, flooding the new creation with his immediate presence, and inviting us to share in his reign. We take heart that our future hope is in God's life-giving presence where death and tears are no more.

Feb 23, 2025

The Final Battle

Mark Booker | Rev 19:11 - 20:15 | From Revelation 19:11-22:5, John shares visions that encompass the transition from this present age to the age to come (new creation). This sermon explores the three visions of the end of this age and the defeat of evil: the final battle, the millennium reign, and the final judgment. These visions remind us that Jesus wins the victory and encourage us to remain faithful in the present.

Feb 16, 2025

Heavenly Rejoicing

Mark Booker | Revelation 19:1-10 | This sermon explores the vision of heavenly rejoicing both over God's judgment of evil and, even more intensely, over the ultimate union between Christ and his Church at the marriage supper of the Lamb. This rejoicing reveals God's heart for intimate relationship with us.

Feb 09, 2025

Fallen is Babylon

Mark Booker | Revelation 17:1 - 18:24 | In Revelation, Babylon represents both ancient Rome and timeless worldly powers that oppose God through excess, exploitation, and persecution. The message challenges disciples of the Lamb to discern "Babylonian" influences today while taking comfort in God's ultimate victory.

Feb 02, 2025
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