Calvary ~ St. George's Sermon Podcast

On All Saints' Day, we were blessed to have Bishop Graham Tomlin visit us from the UK! In this sermon, Bishop Tomlin answers, "Who is a saint?"

The sum of all commandments is to love God and neighbor, but Jesus goes far beyond that when he reconciles all his enemies to himself, and to each other, through his crucifixion and resurrection.

In Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection, he restores humanity to what it was always meant to be before sin entered the world, thereby offering back to God what is God’s.

In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith shares the assurance that we have been given to know that we have been chosen by God.

In this sermon, the Reverend Jacob Smith explores the freedom that comes with Jesus as the cornerstone of your life.

Because Jesus’s earthly ministry was so counter to the power structures of the world, people questioned where his authority came from. He answered this in his crucifixion and resurrection, emptying himself and becoming obedient to death on a cross and then rising again.

Jonah’s repentance was imperfect. So was the Ninevites’. But God in his mercy forgave them anyways, as he does with each one of us.

The Reverend Jacob Smith explains why forgiveness is so important to God and why it is so important for us.

The relationships in our lives are the gateway to holiness.

The cross of Jesus enables us to face our losses as his victory is what defines us.

The Rev. Jacob Smith reminds us that the confession and essence of our faith - that Jesus is the Son of the Living God - is a gift from the Father. We confess with Peter, knowing that by these words, heaven is opened, the devil is bound, and we have been set free from sin and death.

The Rev. Jacob Smith distinguishes between Law and Gospel through the story of the Canaanite woman. Before the Law of God, we are all stray dogs. But through his Gospel, we can cry out in faith, "Lord, save me."

Visiting us from London, the Rev. Andrew Baughen reminds us what true zeal looks like. It is not zeal without knowledge, but zeal based on the ultimate knowledge of Christ's finished work.

We see a glimpse of God’s glory in the face of Jesus Christ on the mountaintop during the Transfiguration. But we see a further glory in his crucifixion and resurrection, as he becomes obedient to death in order to save our world from the horrors of our sin.

The Rev. Jacob Smith explains that Biblical wisdom is not an abstraction based in rules or morality. Instead, true wisdom begins and ends in the cross of Jesus.

The Rev. Molly Jane Layton reminds us that God calls us to trust him in the face of evil because he knows far better than we do the difference between the weeds and the wheat.

The Rev. Molly Jane Layton delves into the Parable of the Sower. The deeper we go into the parable, the more clearly we see how God’s Word works in the dirt of our hearts to produce fruit for his glory.

The Rev. Molly Jane Layton teaches that as humans, we often try to find a middle ground, because it seems like a rational, wise way to live our lives. But Jesus calls us away from any middle ground that mixes law and gospel. He upholds the law in all its perfect demands, and then freely offers us forgiveness when we fall short.

The Rev. Molly Jane Layton describes how in the midst of conflict and tension, we long to hear a prophecy of peace, to know how to find reconciliation and healing in the midst of a broken world. God speaks that word of peace to us through Jesus Christ’s death and resurrection, and promises to heal us and our world.

The Rev. Jacob Smith dismantles our attempts to achieve peace on our own terms, by way of avoidance, scapegoating, or our own accomplishments. Instead, lasting peace is only found in Christ on the cross.