Sermons from St. George's

“The Christian gospel builds up the ashamed and it directs the wayward.” Sermon from the 10:00am traditional service.

God doesn’t stay at the mountain top and neither do we. The transfiguration functions kind of like a preview. It is a sneak peek at the true nature and glory of Christ, about the character of our God, and it is hinting toward the fulfillment of all the law and the prophecies: the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ashley Gitchell is our 2023 Duke Divinity Intern. Her sermon was preached at the 10:00am sermon on the Transfiguration of our Lord.

Jesus is the perfect manifestation of the Law, and he is the perfect expression of God’s kingdom. And what that means for us is that the mountain top experience—of direction and encouragement and renewal—it is on offer to you by way of Jesus. Sermon from The Table on the Transfiguration of our Lord.

Sermon from The Table.

The basic motive of discipleship is joy – joy in discovering the reality of Jesus. Are you filled with joy when you contemplate the promise of the Gospel? Have you discovered the treasure hidden in the field? Sunday's Gospel reading from Matthew: Jesus put before the crowds another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest of shrubs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.” He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed in with three measures of flour until all of it was leavened.” “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which someone found and hid; then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls; on finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was thrown into the sea and caught fish of every kind; when it was full, they drew it ashore, sat down, and put the good into baskets but threw out the bad. So it will be at the end of the age. The angels will come out and separate the evil from the righteous and throw them into the furnace of fire, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. “Have you understood all this?” They answered, “Yes.” And he said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.” (Matthew 13:31-33,44-52)

Sermon from The Table.

It is a parable about tolerance—not just for the sake of coexistence—but because only God can properly judge the world, and humans rushing in to do it will cause great loss of what is most precious. Sermon from the Nave.

The people in your life that you have nothing in common with, maybe that you even hate, the people closest to you, that you don’t want to be around, IN God’s mercy…THEY can show you God’s presence. Sermon from the traditional service in the Nave.

Why does salvation history begin with two barren women? Barrenness is a part of human experience. We will all experience it. The biblical promise is that barrenness is the arena for God's life-saving action. Sermon from The Table.

We are too prone to engrave our sin in marble and write our inclusion in Christ in sand. Sermon from the traditional service in the Nave.