Sermons from St. George's

Life’s earthquakes shake us because we have believed and lived as if the world is a certain way. But life’s earthquakes reveal the truth. They show us where our fault lines are. They show us where things are not as they seem, where WE are not the people we have believed ourselves to be. Life’s earthquakes can shake us to our core. It’s hard, but only then will we be able to get to the bottom of things. Only then can we see what our real foundations are. The edifices fall, but when Jesus rescues us, he builds for us an even richer and better life.

Sermon from The Table on 12/9/18.

“The hands of this judge are hands that we can trust to ultimately do the right thing and to put all things in their proper place, because these are the same hands that would take on flesh in a womb and would embrace a mother for nourishment. These hands would reach out to care for a despised harlot and would heal the ear of an enemy. Indeed, these very hands were nailed to the cross so that we might be free.” Sermon from The Table on 12/2/18.

Here we are 100 generations removed from Jesus’ day. And even though many of us pray, “Come, Lord Jesus,” we maybe aren’t so concerned about his coming. We’re pretty sure it’s not happening any time soon. So, instead of raising our heads, as Jesus encourages, we just keep our heads down, going about our business and trying to make the best of things here. But the less we think about Christ’s coming again, the less we think about Christ present with us, the more our hearts are weighed down with the worries of the world. All too often, we turn from God in order to put our trust in so many other things that have no power to save. Sermon from the 8:45am service on 12/2/18.

The Truth is not just only an idea, a rule, a philosophy, or a religion. The Truth is a person. His name is Jesus Christ. He says, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Believe in him, follow him, and you will be saved. Sermon from The Table on 11/25/18.

All the presenting problems of the world, which the kingdoms of the world would presume to solve, all these are only symptoms of a world divided and enslaved by Sin and Death, and their resolution cannot come from within. “Nothing can save us that is possible: we who must die demand a miracle” (W.H. Auden). And that miracle comes to us in the person and work of Jesus Christ. Sermon from the 8:45am service on 11/25/18.

All our temple complexes crumble sooner or later. That is just the way life is. But such unhoped-for steps may nevertheless offer the way into the real Temple, into knowing who God really is as Jesus, and perhaps, we might pray, into the beginning of the Good News.

Sermon from the 8:45am service on 11/18/18.

The point is that the poor widow had nothing to give. There is no pretense of self-sufficiency in her before God or others whatsoever. And only in the demolition of self-sufficiency or self-sacrifice as the way to the fullness of life do we find the fullness of life. Sermon from The Table on 11/11/18.

We don’t really like to use the term “saved” in The Episcopal Church; this is a word owned by Baptists, or Pentecostals, isn’t it? Well Yes, and no. It is also a term straight from the pages of Scripture, and it is an essential term for us to hold onto as those who are committed to the authority of Scripture.” Sermon from the 8:45am service on 11/11/18.

Jon Meacham served as a guest preacher for our Prayer Service for National Healing and Reconciliation on Sunday, November 4. We are living in a moment of significant social, political, and civic unrest. What would it look like to unite together with others to pursue reconciliation, healing, and hope amidst all the noise? There is more that unites us than what divides us, and we invite you to encounter the hope of God amidst troubling times.

Leigh Spruill: For All the Saints and for the Sake of the World by St. George's Nashville