Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from Genesis 12:1-9, Romans 4:13-25, and Matthew 9:9-13 & 18-26 called “From Black-and-White to Color.” Somerville...
C49: The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
October 24, 2022
Rolf Jacobson, Professor of Old Testament and the Alvin N. Rogness Chair of Scripture, Theology, and Ministry, at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, preaches from Isaiah 1:10-18. He presents four points about the passage....
C41: The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost
August 29, 2022
After taking some time to sort out its proper pronunciation, Michael Renninger says, “Saint Paul’s letter to Philemon is the shortest book in the Bible. It has only 25 verses. In this short letter, Paul...
C38: The Tenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
August 8, 2022
“Today’s Gospel lesson, Luke 12:49-56, is hard! Jesus asks, ‘Did you think I came to bring peace to the earth?’ Well, yes, Jesus, yes, I did. You are the Prince of Peace. I don’t like...
C22: The Second Sunday of Easter, Year C (2022)
April 18, 2022
“On Easter Sunday someone usually says, ‘Christ is risen!’ and everyone else says, ‘Christ is risen indeed!’ But some people have a hard time with the Resurrection: they have a hard time believing it actually...