Mount Calvary Sermons

THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST 2016 HEBREWS 11:29-12:2 So, this morning I'm feeling pretty patriotic thanks to the performance of Team GB at the Olympics. You see, they are top of the medals table. No, not that medals table – the one that records, you know, medals, I mean the humility medals table, the near-miss medals table, the 'it's not the winning, it's the taking part' medals table. I'm talking about the table that records the number of fourth place finishes a nation achieves. This is really a thing, and the BBC actually features it on its website. How typically and infuriatingly British. And how typical and infuriating of Britain's public broadcasting service to actually keep a record of it. Compete hard, do well, allow people to think you are actually pretty good at your chosen sport, but don't do anything quite so vulgar as winning a medal. Coming first is so impolite. Such poor etiquette. So, well, American. (You know I'm being ironic, don't you? This is actually envy talking.) I mean, the last th