“The Gift of Bold Action” (A09: Third Sunday After the Epiphany)
Isaiah 9:1-4; Psalm 27:1,4-9; 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:12-23 Spivey mines a passage in Matthew, uncovering how God “presents two gifts of bold action. Each gift is an opportunity to act, to make a change....
A09: Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2023)
Brian Blount, renowned New Testament professor and President of Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, preaches a sermon on the calling of the first disciples from Matthew 4:12-23. “Look at these fools!” he says, quoting...
A09: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2020)
“Where are you a local?” asks Reverend Amy Starr Redwine, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage, Matthew 4:12-23, we learn that Jesus does not go to his local places to find...
A09: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2017)
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon called “Drop Everything” from Matthew 4:12-23. Is it true? When Jesus calls us do we have...