Sermon Archives

Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and co-founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from this Sunday’s Gospel lesson: John 2:1-11. In thinking about Jesus turning water into wine, Somerville...

Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon based on Luke 3:15-17, 21-22. All four gospels tell the story of Jesus’ baptism, but Luke’s...

Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday preaches a sermon for Transfiguration Sunday based on Matthew 17:1-9. Somerville’s title is “The Red Letter Sermon,” which may...

Andrew Connors, Senior Pastor of the Brown Memorial Park Avenue Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Maryland, preaches on Luke 2:41-52.  Connors asks, “Why are we so surprised that the child Jesus and other children would want to...

The Rev. MaryAnn McKibben Dana preaches this Sunday’s assigned reading from Luke 1:39-45, sometimes blandly titled: “Mary Visits Elizabeth.”  But there is nothing bland about this visit.  Mary has just received life changing news from...