“I suppose it’s only natural to present the Christian faith as some sort of answer to our questions, a kind of primitive, but sometimes effective technique, to help you obtain whatever it is that you...
C26: Trinity Sunday, Year C (2016)
“Is your understanding of God true or false?…Is your conception of God radically true? Is the [tree] trunk straight, the limbs strong, the branches full of good fruit? It’s a question I’d like every Christian...
C13: The Second Sunday in Lent, Year C (2016)
Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and co-founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, begins today’s sermon on Luke 13:31-35 with a reference to “The Chronicles of Narnia,” by C.S. Lewis. “During some...
A14: Transfiguration Sunday, Year A (2017)
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...
B42: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2015)
The Rev. Dr. Will Willimon, Bishop in the United Methodist Church, Professor of the Practice of Christian Ministry at Duke Divinity School, and one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world, preaches this...