http://www.mountcalvary.com/archive.php Sermons from Mt. Calvary Church in Baltimore, MD en-us Copyright 2008 mountcalvary.com Mon, 17 Nov 2008 01:15:00 EST http://www.mountcalvary.com/images/mcc_rss.png http://www.mountcalvary.com/archive.php Many people regard our Gospel reading this morning as one of the scarier passages in the Bible. Talk of tribulation and suffering, the sun and moon darkening, and the stars falling from the sky all seem pretty ominous. Of course, there are those who would like to explain away passages like this... http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_11_16.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_11_16.php Sun, 16 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST So many of the heresies which arose in the early Church (and which have continued to assail the Body of Christ ever since,) involved a downgrading of doctrine and discipline. Arianism, for instance, downplayed the divinity of Christ. Pelagianism deemphasized the power and hold of human sin. But others erred in the opposite direction. The heresy known as Donatism is one such example. The Donatists were rigorous enforcers of Church discipline... http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_11_09.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_11_09.php Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST Today is the Sunday in the Octave of All Saints, or the Sunday which falls within the eight-day period beginning with the Feast of All Saints. Each of the Church's greatest feasts - Christmas, Easter, Pentecost and Ascension - have octaves, in order to allow us to contemplate the great mystery of the Faith which a particular day commemorates. All Saints Day is another such feast, and its theme can be summed up in a single word: sanctity... http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_11_02.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_11_02.php Sun, 02 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST Of the many prayers found in the Book of Common Prayer, the collect we prayed a moment ago contains perhaps the clearest expression of the doctrine of the Church. You may be surprised to hear that, considering the fact that the collect for All Saints' Day doesn't even contain the word “church.” What it does say, however, makes perfectly clear what is being referred to... http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_11_01.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_11_01.php Sun, 01 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST The prayer that Jesus taught His disciples, the Lord's Prayer, the Our Father, is quite rightly the most beloved prayer known to Christians, and it has been since the day Our Lord uttered it. There is something so perfect about this prayer, so comforting, that a worship service without it is almost unimaginable... http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_10_26.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_10_26.php Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EST The prayer that Jesus taught His disciples, the Lord's Prayer, the Our Father, is quite rightly the most beloved prayer known to Christians, and it has been since the day Our Lord uttered it. There is something so perfect about this prayer, so comforting, that a worship service without it is almost unimaginable... http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_10_19.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_10_19.php Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EST The concept of evil is one that has become somewhat controversial these days. Some argue that is simply doesn't exist, that good and evil are entirely dependant on a person's perspective. What's good for me might be bad for you, and vice versa. It's all relative. http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_10_12.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_10_12.php Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EST ...Inclusiveness for its own sake may be the greatest of virtues in our culture, but it certainly wasn't so for Jesus. As He says elsewhere in St. Matthew's Gospel, 'Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.' http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_10_05.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_10_05.php Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:30:00 EST A few years after the end of the Second World War, the distinguished German theologian, Walter Kuenneth, had this to say: 'The course of history, as it has so terribly disclosed itself to us, can only be a confirmation of the Christian insight that all mankind is trembling on the brink of destruction and groaning under the tyranny of death. In this dark night of the world there is only one single source of light: the joyful news, CHRIST IS RISEN!' http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_09_28.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_09_28.php Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EST The clergy of the Church - deacons, priests, and most especially bishops, the successors to the apostles - all have a responsibility both to teach the truth as the Church has received it from her founder, and to model that truth in their own lives. The clergy, according to Paul, are not to engage in 'handling the word of God deceitfully,' of twisting the plain meaning of Holy Scripture in order to make it say something other than what its Divine Author intended... http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_09_21.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_09_21.php Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EST Those of you who have been upstairs to view the progress on our church's renovation will no doubt have noticed on of the more striking elements of the design: namely, the addition of a text stenciled over the chancel arch. When the idea of once again having somethng written in that space was raised, there was, naturally, much discussion. What should it say? http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_09_14.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_09_14.php Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EST This past week, our parish book group discussed a short story entitled '.The Question of Rain', by William Hoffman. It's about a small-town Virginia Presbyterian pastor who's asked by his parishioners to hold a special Sunday service to pray for rain. You see, the town has been suffering a severe drought, and it's begun to have a major impact on the local economy... http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_09_07.php http://www.mountcalvary.com/sermons_2008/2008_09_07.php Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:30:00 EST