A41: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
August 31, 2020
“When someone in the church harms us in some way, what should we do? How should we respond? Many people would say, ‘Forgive!’ What could be more Christian, more spiritual, more biblical than to forgive?”...
A31: The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
June 22, 2020
In today’s sermon, Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, asks the thought-provoking question, “Will we trust God when we are faced with the loss of everything?” Ahlgrim preaches from Genesis 22:1-14,...
A25: The Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
May 11, 2020
Does what you believe or not believe matter? Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, preaches from Acts 17:22-31. Paul teaches in Athens where the temples/shrines to all the local gods were located...
A23: The Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A (2020)
April 27, 2020
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, begins by sharing how he was zealous for trying to convert people as a teenager. However, when asked how many he had converted, he was embarrassed...
A14: The First Sunday in Lent, Year A (2020)
February 24, 2020
Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of First Mennonite Church, Richmond, Virginia, begins by listing several temptations he faces…eating potato chips while watching TV, ordering a steak at a restaurant, buying a new sport coat or dress shirt,...