“Touching Jesus” (A06: Second Sunday After Christmas)
Jeremiah 31:7-14 or Sirach 24:1-12; Psalm 147:12-20 or Wisdom of Solomon 10:15-21; Ephesians 1:3-14; John 1:(1-9), 10-18 Treadway focuses on the passage in John about the “Word becoming flesh,” and he asks what the implications...
“Herod Strikes Back” (A05: First Sunday After Christmas Day)
Isaiah 63:7-9; Psalm 148; Hebrews 2:10-18; Matthew 2:13-23 Naeve tackles one of the more difficult passages in Christian scriptures: the murder of children. “Evil doesn’t stop just because of Christmas,” says Naeve. “But God doesn’t...
“Word for word” (C06: Second Sunday after Christmas)
Rev. Dr. Thomas preaches on John’s well-known prologue and today’s passage: John 1:(1-9), 10-18. The text begins with a hymn that rhythmically ties God’s tongue to us as children of God and invites us to...
During the Christmas season, it can be difficult to lose sight of Jesus. As Jesus followers, we need to be searching for Christ during this significant time. He will be found in the most unique...
“A Timeless Christmas”
When the Rev. Dr. Amy Butler preached this sermon in 2015 she was the Senior Minister of the Riverside Church in New York City, and we recorded it in the fellowship hall on a chilly...
A06: A Sermon for New Year’s Day
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon for New Year’s Day about “The Making and Breaking of Resolutions.” Why do we end up...