The Park Road Pres Podcast
Sermons, practical theology, discussions, and more.
Episodes
Feb 9, 2026
Feb 3, 2026
Feb 3, 2026
36 min
This moment in the hometown synagogue becomes an occasion for US to think about OUR ideas about a Savior. What DO we hope to be saved FROM? What DO we think is good and evil; "us and them"? What's wrong with the world that needs to be fixed? How DO we think a Savior would fix it? What DOES it mean to join Him AND are you sure that YOU have? Our kind of people, "Good Country People" (as Flannery O'Connor showed) are often NOT who we think they are:
Let's look at:
The Savior We WANT
The Savior WE NEED (and GET)
Jan 26, 2026
Jan 26, 2026
36 min
This is the Season of Epiphany so let's have one!
WHAT child IS this?
WHY include this odd incident?
HOW might it affect you? WHAT child?
Jan 20, 2026
Jan 12, 2026
Jan 12, 2026
39 min
How are relationships clarified by the Gospel? That's the focus of Peter's words in this compendium or summary of all OUR relationships… What does the Gospel say to exiled believers about our relating to God…to ourselves, to one another…and to the outside world? The UPWARD, the INWARD and the OUTWARD relationships.
Dec 31, 2025
Dec 22, 2025
Dec 22, 2025
38 min
This is a passage about leadership and the exercise of authority; it's about leading people and about our need to be directed and guided and how we can never really be free till we're lead and directed by a Shepherd. The points today are a little odd:
1) Many Shepherds2) One Shepherd3) Many Shepherds
Dec 19, 2025
Dec 8, 2025
Dec 8, 2025
38 min
Rev, Brad Schmidt, Guest Preacher from CityChurch Ft. Lauderdale, continues our series: In Lonely Exile Here|Mourning & Thriving in Babylon
Nov 24, 2025
Nov 24, 2025
40 min
How can believers be grieved by and distinct from the injustice and selfishness in the world AND yet also be simultaneously beneficial and involved BOTH mourning AND thriving in Babylon.
Today, we set the tone for living in this tension, this love/hate relationship. ONE text calls us to totally identify with Babylon and the OTHER is an expression of disgust and disdain for Babylon.
So let 's look at:
The Essential Tension of Exile
Keys for Staying at the Center of the Tension



