B39: The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
August 16, 2021
Today’s passage from Ephesians 6:10-20 “…sounds like every call to arms that anyone has ever made. There’s a compelling call to unity, a clear identification of the enemy, an urgent description of what is at...
A41: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
August 31, 2020
“When someone in the church harms us in some way, what should we do? How should we respond? Many people would say, ‘Forgive!’ What could be more Christian, more spiritual, more biblical than to forgive?”...
The Rev. Dr. Will Willimon, Bishop in the United Methodist Church and Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School, preaches a sermon from Mark 3:20-35 called “Jesus’ Family Values.” “This would be...
A27: The Seventh Sunday of Easter, Year A (2017)
May 21, 2017
Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon called, “The Whole World is Watching,” from John 17:1-11. Originally conceived as a meditation for...
A12: The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2017)
February 3, 2017
Rev. Rachel May preaches a sermon called “Deal with It,” based on Matthew 5:21-37. May struggles with the prohibition against “swearing falsely,” and finds in it–and in murder, adultery, and divorce–an unwillingness to deal with...