Calvary ~ St. George's Sermon Podcast

In this sermon the Reverend Jacob Smith explains why God not meeting your expectations is good news.

When it comes to sins like racism, trying a little harder hasn’t worked. Getting by with a little help from God has not been enough. We need the law to be written on our hearts. We need to be seized by the power of a great affection. We need a way to be made out of no way.

God's good work brings us from death to life, from walking without Christ to being seated with Christ.

It’s a shocking scene - sweet Jesus, meek and mild, knocking over the tables of the money changers in the temple. Jim’s sermon looks to the profound grace that is at the core of the anger of Jesus.

In this sermon the Reverend Jacob Smith reminds the congregation why losing your life in Jesus is the only way to really find it.

On this first Sunday of Lent the Reverend Jacob Smith explains the meaning of the wilderness in our lives and who we can trust to deliver us through it.

Ash Wednesday is a Christian Day of Confession, typically demonstrated with a mark of ash on your forehead. In this sermon the Reverend Jacob Smith shares with us whose confession actually matters on Ash Wednesday.

Instead of dissecting and analyzing (and thus killing) the narrative of the transfiguration, the Rev. Ben took his homiletical cue from Sufjan Stevens. . .

The Rev. Jacob Smith makes the proper distinction between Law and Gospel in the story of Eli and Samuel.

Those unclean spirits that Jesus encountered - do you think they’re still around today? Jim’s sermon says they are. Jim then points to the authority of Jesus’ love as having the power to cast them out.

The Christian life is a never-ending cycle of repenting and believing. All the while being empowered for service and vocation.

The Rev. Jacob Smith makes the proper distinction between Law and Gospel in the story of Eli and Samuel.

Our baptism means that we can live our lives swimming in an ocean of grace, rather than striving against the current of the river of judgement.

How are you doing, trying to stand on your own dignity? Jim’s sermon points to a dignity that comes in being known through the love of Jesus on the cross.

Christmas is not about recapturing a lost sense of childhood; it’s about the rectification of all that’s gone wrong.

The Lord of our Salvation, God the promise keeper, comes to make the impossible possible because His power to save works amid our helplessness. The annunciation is God’s strength in weakness, for despite ourselves, we are bearers of God’s unmerited grace, so loved that when that sinks in all hope is ours.

The Rev. Jacob Smith discusses how knowing that the difference has already been made, leads us to rejoice in all things.

Apocalyptic Good News. This isn’t hallmark feel-goodness; this is good news from a place of struggle

The Reverend Jacob Smith shares the Good News about the end of the world.

Is it possible for the experience of being judged to be good news? On the last Sunday of the Church Year - Judgment Sunday - Jim’s sermon uses submarine sandwiches and animal husbandry to point to the good news of God’s grace.