Midtown Presbyterian Church

At Midtown Presbyterian Church, we value honest questions and genuine community, working alongside one another as we discover more about what it means to follow Jesus in the modern world, and in Phoenix. You are welcome here.Listen to our teachings in this podcast to follow us, and be sure to join us Sunday mornings; visit thespringmidtown.org to learn more.

Midtown Presbyterian Church is a religion podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 403 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Shepherded | Surely Goodness and Mercy Will Follow Me All My Life - Psalm 23 - Clint Leavitt

  Aug 17, 202631 min

  What if the hardest stretches of our lives are not detours from the journey but the very heart of it? This week, the ancient pilgrimage of the Camino de Santiago invites us to reimagine our walk with God not as a series of quick victories but as a long obedience in the same direction. Psalm 23 serves as our guide, and this week we land on one of its most quietly radical claims: that goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives. Not occasionally. Not when we deserve it. All the days. We unpack what those two words, goodness and mercy, actually mean in the depth of their biblical usage, and what we find is far richer than religious sentiment. Goodness points to beauty, dignity, and the moral fabric of a life lived as it was designed. Mercy speaks of a steadfast, covenant love that rushes toward us even in our failures. Together, they are not gentle companions who stroll behind us at a comfortable distance. The Hebrew word translated as follow carries the force of a relentless pursuit, a hounding, a chasing. This is the kind of love that lays in wait for us even in our most bitter and barren seasons. If you have ever wondered whether God is truly present in your pain, this message is an honest and grounding answer.

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  Shepherded | You Prepare a Table; Anoint My Head; My Cup Overflows - Psalm 23 - Clint leavitt

  Aug 10, 202636 min

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  Shepherded | Your Rod and Staff, They Comfort Me - Psalm 23 - Jackie Parks

  Aug 5, 202635 min

  What does it actually mean to trust a shepherd we cannot see, through valleys we never asked to enter? Psalm 23 is one of the most memorized passages in all of scripture, yet there is a deep honesty in admitting that we do not always believe it. This week, our dear friend Jackie Parks guides us into the heart of that tension, exploring what it looks like to walk through what our indigenous brothers and sisters call canyons of darkness and gloom, and to do so without numbing out or running away. The central insight here is that the comfort God offers us in those valleys is not abstract or sentimental. It is concrete. It is made real through the image of the shepherd's rod and staff, tools that speak directly to our deepest fears of scarcity, vulnerability, and abandonment. When we are in the valley, we are easy prey for lies that tell us there will not be enough, that we have wandered too far, or that we are simply not worth finding. The rod and the staff answer each of those lies with a tangible declaration of provision, protection, and presence. This is an invitation to stop managing our fear and start trusting the one who has already accounted for every step of the journey.

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  Shepherded | Valley of the Shadow of Death, I Will Fear No Evil - Psalm 23 - Bob Simmons

  Aug 4, 202642 min

  What happens when the path our Good Shepherd leads us on takes us straight into darkness? Psalm 23 verse 4 leads us into one of the most honest realities of the Christian life: the valley is real, it is dark, and it is part of the journey. This week, Midtown friend, Bob Simmons takes us deep into that valley alongside some of the most familiar figures in scripture. We walk with Abraham as he faces the unthinkable demand to surrender the very promise God gave him. We sit with Joseph through years of betrayal, slavery, and imprisonment, only to discover that what his brothers meant for harm, God was weaving into something that would save nations. These are not stories of people who were airlifted above their suffering. They are stories of people who walked through it, and came out knowing God in ways they never could have otherwise. The valley, it turns out, is not a detour from the life of faith. It is one of its most essential passages.

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  Shepherded | Paths of Righteousness for His Name's Sake - Psalm 23 - Clint Leavitt

  Aug 4, 202637 min

  This 4th week of our Shepherded series, Clint draws from the ancient wisdom of Homer's Odyssey, where we're reminded that even Odysseus, known for his cunning and brilliance, recognized he couldn't trust his own instincts when facing the sirens' call. He had himself tied to the mast because he knew his judgment would fail him. How much more do we need guidance in our own lives? The sermon walks us through Psalm 23's declaration that God leads us in paths of righteousness for His name's sake, unpacking what it truly means to be shepherded. We learn about the devastating reality of being 'sheeped to death' - how our habitual self-direction wears ruts into our lives until the once-green pastures become wastelands. The cultural lie of our age tells us to follow our hearts, trust our instincts, and do what feels right. Yet statistics on unhappiness, anxiety, and depression reveal this self-directed approach is failing spectacularly. The teaching challenges us to see that righteousness isn't about religious duty but about right relationships - disadvantaging ourselves to advantage others. This is the way of the cross, the path Jesus walked and calls us to follow daily. When we allow the Good Shepherd to lead us, we discover that dying to our self-oriented pride is actually the doorway to the life we've been searching for all along.

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