Sermons from St. George's

The calling here…is not you’re fine just the way you are. It’s also not about being something that you aren’t. It’s 'bring whatever you are,' and [God] will make you a light. Sermon from the 11:00am service.

Epiphany is a season of manifestations: we see Jesus and the character of his disciples in a new way. In today’s lessons, Jesus and Isaiah teach us how to be God’s light in a dark world, and what this means for our daily living. Sermon from The Table.

The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:1-12, popularly known as the Beatitudes, has been described by St. Augustine as naming the best human morals and the highest Christian standards. But it takes the Holy Spirit working on the inside of us to have these morals and to live up to these standards. Personal, prayers and devotion; thinking more of others; and serving sacrificially, are some of the ways in which the Holy Spirit builds these best attitudes in us. Sermon from The Table

Sermon from the 8:45am service. Jeremy Begbie is Thomas A. Langford Distinguished Research Professor of Theology at Duke Divinity School, and the McDonald Agape Director and founder of Duke Initiatives in Theology and the Arts. He is also a Senior Member at Wolfson College, Cambridge, and an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Music at the University of Cambridge. His books include A Peculiar Orthodoxy: Reflections on Theology and the Arts (Baker Academic), Redeeming Transcendence in the Arts: Bearing Witness to the Triune God (Eerdmans), Theology, Music and Time (CUP), Resounding Tr­­uth: Christian Wisdom in the World of Music (Baker), and Music, Modernity, and God (OUP). Dr. Begbie is an ordained minister of the Church of England and a professionally trained musician who has performed extensively as a pianist and conductor. He tours widely as a speaker, specializing in multimedia performance-lectures. Recent engagements have included preaching, speaking and performing in universities and churches in North America, Hong Kong, Japan, and Australia. across the world, from Israel to Australia and Hong Kong. For more information or to contact Dr. Begbie, visit jeremybegbie.com.

How does this call to follow Jesus speak to us today? I can’t help but think about the new definition of what it means to “follow” someone via social media. Whether it’s someone we are following on social media or someone we know in real life, we might ask ourselves, Is their influence bringing me more hope, better perspective, greater challenge, deeper wisdom? Or is their influence making me more competitive, more jealous and envious and insecure and unsatisfied with my life? … Following someone will change us; so we have to be discerning about whom we follow. Jesus is always inviting us to follow him first and foremost, and while he doesn’t promise us an easy road, being influenced by him will change us for the best. Sermon from The Table.

The call to follow Christ is messy. God’s love remains steadfast in the midst of our misguided loyalties. Sermon from the 8:$5am service.

From Isaiah we read, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity." (Isaiah 49:1-7) Sermon from the 8:45am service.

“Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness, you that seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug” (Isaiah 51:1). Sermon from The Table.

Sermon from The Table.

Jesus’ baptism begins his public ministry. Why is this act his opening move? What does Jesus' baptism tell us about God and His desires for us. Matthew 3:11-17 Isaiah 42:1-9