The Park Road Pres Podcast

The God who is worthy of praise

If you're a Christian, you may know that the Bible tells us that He is, but as you look at the distractions or discouragements in your life you may be asking the question: Why is God worthy of praise? Listen in as Director of Park Road Youth Ministry, Jonathan Lacy, dives into what Psalm 145 has to say about this very question. 

Persevering Praise

Pastor Phil continues our mini series on praise by taking a deeper look into the book of Jude. This week, Phil discusses the following two considerations:
1. Praise in a perilous life
2. Praise in an Eternal Life

Breathing Praise

Listen in to Pastor Phil Letizia dive into Psalm 150 and discuss the topic of praise. He addresses questions of the point of praise, the outcome of praise, and God's view of our praise. Does God need us to praise him? Listen in!

Overcoming Evil

The question today is how to defeat evil with good as the very last words in our passage charge us to do. "Do not be overcome by evil but overcome evil with good". It's something we ALL want – we don't want to live in an evil, corrupt society and we want the Church to be "salt and light" having a positive impact on its members and on our surroundings. How can the Church promote good and resist evil? (sounds like a job for crime-fighters and superheroes!) 
I want to jump right IN today and look at: 1. A Good Life (easier said than done!)2. An Empathetic Life (linking to Power and to people)3. An Intriguing Life (what's YOUR story?)

Self-Image & Membership in the Body

Today, we look at the role the Spirit plays in the Church as a Body made up of PERSONS. How are believers in Jesus Christ supposed to think about themselves in relation to other persons, to the Church as a whole and to the Leader or Head of the Church, Jesus Christ? How do YOU think about yourself? The whole idea of self-esteem, self-image, self-concept, personality: that's our inquiry for today.There are issues with self-image and I plan to look at some of the difficulties in defining or understanding ourselves and the self…AND there are resources IN the gospel (basic message of Christianity) for settling questions of self-concept. Finally what would it look like to take advantage of those resources – how would using those benefits help us?Let's look at:1) Self-Concept Quandary2) Power of Paradox3) Morphing to Morons

Fetchin’ a Bride: A Study in Romantic Providence

Spiritual Gifts (The Special Ones)

Gifts Received

Rev. Phil Letizia - Embodying Grace & Peace

Genuine Community

I want to ask you to join me… to recommit ourselves as a whole family to the institution of the Church. Today and in this whole series, I hope God will stir us up to see the Church as His agent, God's Embassy, God's Diplomat, His Ambassador sent to the world to make the Good News of Jesus tangible and UN-ignorable to a the not-yet-believing world.

Being Transformed

Mainly, we're asking questions about distinctively Christian or Gospel morals: IF we're given righteousness as a gift, if believers are declared justified in the sight of God because of what Jesus Christ DID which we receive by resting and receiving (i.e. passively and freely) THEN why should we be good? Why should we change? HOW should we go about changing and what would that change look like in the lives of real people?As we come into this chapter on Gospel-morals, let's look at: 1) Musing on Mystery2) Mercies to Morals3) The Morals Mercy Makes