Sermon Archives
A44: The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
How quickly we forget! The Israelites had just been freed from bondage in Egypt by crossing the Red Sea on dry land, escaping the pursuing Egyptian army, who drowned when the walls of water crashed...
A43: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
“When I step back and look at the whole picture, transgressions and confessions are really the crux of it. At our best, most of what’s going on is forgiveness and compassion. Isn’t that the case...
A42: The Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
“In the hours and days after the Florida hurricane, people of every race, language and way of life helped their neighbors of every race language and way of life. Everyone faced a common challenge, and...
A41: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from Matthew 16:21-28 called “From Solid Rock to Stumbling Block.” Somerville says that if Peter had...
A40: The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
“Cover your ears because Psalm 138 is full-throated, wide open, unabashed, and unashamed thanksgiving to God. The Psalmist does not hold back from opening their heart and mouth wide to sing God’s praise…this is a...