B46: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
October 4, 2021
“Have you ever felt used? It’s a crummy feeling to be treated as a pawn or stepping stone in someone’s plan, as an unwilling object used for another’s benefit or pleasure. It’s dehumanizing and it’s...
B37: The Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
August 2, 2021
In today’s Gospel reading from John 6:35, 41-51, “Jesus makes a lot of very bold claims about himself, but these promises about no longer hungering and no longer thirsting are some of the most impressive....
C25: Pentecost Sunday, Year C (2016)
May 6, 2016
We’ve all seen the motivational and demotivational posters with a word at the top, a picture, and a caption. For example, the poster for the word “limitations features a penguin running on ice. The caption...
B39: The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2015)
August 23, 2015
Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon on this week’s Gospel lesson from John 6:56-69. Critics today might have told Jesus to...
B38: The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2015)
August 16, 2015
Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon on this week’s Gospel lesson from John 6:51-58. He begins by describing a scene from...