Tell It From Calvary

Calvary Baptist Church NYC

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Scripture-centered sermons with gospel weight.

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Tell It From Calvary gathers sermon messages from Calvary Baptist Church in New York City, with recent episodes moving through Psalms, Easter, and Palm Sunday texts. The tone is pastoral and doctrinal, built around prayer, close Bible reading, and repeated application to faith, forgiveness, worship, humility, and hope.

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About Tell It From Calvary

Tell It From Calvary is a sermon-centered feed from Calvary Baptist Church in New York City. It is built for careful listening. Recent episodes stay close to biblical passages, especially the Psalms of Ascent, Easter resurrection texts, and the Palm Sunday entry of Jesus into Jerusalem. The movement is familiar and deliberate: prayer, Scripture, explanation, application, and a closing appeal toward faith in Christ. The show is not shaped like a casual interview podcast. It carries the pace and seriousness of Sunday preaching. A message on Psalm 131 treats contentment as something learned, practiced, and rooted in trust rather than pride or restless ambition. A sermon on Psalm 130 frames forgiveness as both mercy and a summons to reverent living before God. Easter preaching presses the logic of resurrection, arguing that if Christ has not been raised, Christian faith has no center, but if he has been raised, silence is no fitting response. Palm Sunday becomes a study in the kingship and humility of Jesus, including the strange strength of a king who enters on a donkey. The Psalms episodes return to worship, hope, tears, family, labor, reverence, and deliverance. They are plainspoken but not thin. The sermons often ask a question, slow down over a phrase, and then widen the point toward daily discipleship. Congregational moments appear at times, as when listeners answer questions about happiness, testimony, or what life would be without the Lord’s action. Those moments make the room audible without turning the feed into a panel discussion. Dr. Abraham Joseph’s messages bring a controlled, text-centered intensity. Dr. Tim Black’s sermons add a more conversational texture, sometimes with humor, but still remain anchored in the biblical text. Across the feed, the emphasis is consistent: God redeems, Christ is risen, sin requires mercy, forgiveness produces reverence, and worship extends beyond the gathered service. It suits listeners looking for doctrinally direct Baptist preaching rather than devotional chatter. The show’s strength is its steadiness, especially its willingness to repeat central Christian claims until their practical weight becomes clear.

Made for: For listeners who want Baptist sermon teaching that is warm, serious, and closely tied to the biblical text. It especially suits Christians seeking pastoral application around worship, forgiveness, resurrection hope, humility, and daily discipleship.

What sets it apart: Its distinguishing feature is the disciplined sermon cadence: passages are read, questioned, explained, and applied with little distraction from the central gospel claim. The feed feels church-rooted rather than personality-led.

In their own words

From the heart of New York City, Calvary Baptist Church works to help you grow as a believer in Jesus Christ and strives to make it as convenient as possible to provide you with timely resources. Here you can access recent and past sermons and discussions from our ministry team and global ministry partners.

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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026

Tell It From Calvary joins close biblical reading to direct pastoral application, making doctrine legible as a guide for worship and daily conduct.

Tell It From Calvary gives the microphone to scripture-led sermons that move from close reading toward an explicit call to faith and practice. Senior pastor Dr.

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A donkey, a weaned child, and Paul's logic become tests for how you live.

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close Bible reading that connects resurrection doctrine to the stakes of your faith
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Psalm 131 • Content in Humility & HopeApr 15, 2026

A patient sermon on contentment that reads Psalm 131 as a lesson in humble trust.

Psalm 131 is framed here as a steady meditation on humility, contentment, and trust, and the message lands because it stays close to the text. Dr.

Easter • The Gospel Of The ResurrectionApr 8, 2026

A focused sermon that treats the resurrection as central to faith.

This sermon keeps to a single claim: Christ is risen, and that truth reshapes everything. It begins in prayer, moves into gospel proclamation, and then walks through 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 to show what breaks if resurrection is denied and what stands if it is true.

Palm Sunday • It's TimeApr 1, 2026

A clear Palm Sunday sermon that pairs Jesus' humility with his unmistakable kingship.

This Palm Sunday message stays close to Matthew and builds its case from the donkey, the temple, and Jesus' repeated claims about himself. Tim Black uses those details to frame a King whose humility is plain and whose authority is stated without hesitation.

Psalm 130 • The God Who RedeemsMar 25, 2026

Forgiveness, waiting, and redemption handled with steady pastoral clarity.

Psalm 130 gets treated here as a psalm for the moment when things have gone sideways, and Dr. Abraham Joseph keeps the attention on redemption instead of atmosphere.

Peace - Nothing Will Be Impossible With GodDec 11, 2025

A steady Advent sermon that keeps its focus on who Jesus is and why that matters.

This Advent sermon keeps its attention on waiting for the Lord's return and on Mary, Gabriel, and the claims made about Jesus. The strongest material comes when it stays with Luke. Dr.

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Episodes

Grace & Truth

Boasting in the Cross of Christ

Life Together in the Spirit

Missions Emphasis Week: To The Jew First

Live Free by the Spirit

The Offense of the Cross

Faith Working Through Love

Rejoice!

Two Ways to Live

Until Christ is Formed in You

Don’t Go Back

From Slaves to Sons

One in Christ

Standing on the Promises of God

Gathered for Mission

Redeemed from the Curse

The Dangers of Hypocrisy

Justified by Faith

The Gift of the Spirit

Transformed for God's Glory

Entrusted with the Gospel

No Other Gospel

Finding our Identity in the Gospel

Psalm 134 • Bless the LORD!

Psalm 133 • The Blessing of Unity

Psalm 132 • God the Promise-Keeper

Psalm 131 • Content in Humility & Hope

Easter • The Gospel Of The Resurrection

Palm Sunday • It's Time

Psalm 130 • The God Who Redeems

Psalm 129 • God the Righteous Deliverer

Psalm 128 • The Fear of the Lord

Psalm 127 • The God Who Works

Psalm 126 • Joy in the Tears

Psalm 125 • The God Who Secures His People

Psalm 124 • God, Our Help

Psalm 123 • The God Of Mercy

Psalm 122 • The House of the LORD

Psalm 121 • The God Who Keeps Us

Psalm 120 • The God of Peace

Taste and See that the Lord is Good

Faithful to the End

Love - Blessed Be The Lord!

Joy - The Song That Shook The World

Peace - Nothing Will Be Impossible With God

Malachi: Preparing the Way of the Lord

Zechariah: Behold, Your King Is Coming!

Haggai: The Presence of the Lord

Zephaniah: The Day of the LORD is Near

Habakkuk: Righteous by Faith

Nahum: The Kindness and Severity of God

What Is Our Mission?

Micah: Judgement and Hope

Jonah: The Disconcerting Compassion of God

Obadiah: God Opposes The Proud

Amos: God Requires Justice & Righteousness

Joel: The Day of the Lord is Coming!

Hosea: The Redeeming Love of God

HOSEA: The Redeeming Love of God

Salt & Light

Standing Strong When The World Pushes Back

Blessed Are The Peacemakers

Pure Hearts In A Polluted World

Blessed are the Merciful

Finding Satisfaction in a Broken World

Blessed Are The Meek

Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

Blessed Are The Poor In Spirit

The Gospel Of Reconciliation

For Love's Sake

Father's Day: Enduring Influence