This collection is a treasure chest of personal stories as well as interviews and sermons which honor and celebrate Myers Park Baptist Church’s 75 year history.
J. DANIEL WHITE, Ph.D. – Gene, Ann and I had been good friends since the early ’60s in eastern NC, so, when I came to Charlotte in 1971, I immediately...
TILLIE TICE - “Tillie Tice remembers a young boy who was challenged by an egg and the high ceiling of Heaton Hall. Hear how he ‘made his mark’ on our ...
BOB THOMASON – One of Bob Thomason’s first memories was how, when he was diagnosed with a childhood illness, his family received a note from Dr. Heato...
In his first sermon as Senior Minister of Myers Park Baptist Church, Reverend W. Benjamin Boswell drew on the words of our covenant for inspiration. H...
John Walsh takes a fresh look at the Genesis story of creation, in lieu of the environmental degradation we see all around us. He pays particular atte...
Dr. Shoemaker introduces this sermon as the beginning of a discussion on homosexuality, and asks the question of whether we can be both a biblical peo...
This is Dr. Marney’s controversial 1965 Christmas Eve sermon which was broadcast live on the CBS network. Critics claimed it focused on man instead of...
In this sermon, Dr. Marney criticizes the church, and the nation, for whitewashing its history. We “report favorably” and avoid honesty and reality. W...
In this beautifully delivered, short sermon, Dr. Gene Owens tells us that the ordinary becomes holy through an act of dedication. Where in your life i...
We are our ancestors plus ourselves but we live and act in our own time. Truth is the ticket and is particular to a particular time. In the late 1930s...