“What’s Wrong with the World?”
“Well, once again Jesus’ critics are on the prowl, seeking to trip him up in a way that they can use to discredit him, or worse. They try to get Jesus into a debate of...
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...
C42: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
“‘I once was lost but now am found. Was blind but now I see.’ I can’t begin to count how many times I’ve sung these famous lines from John Newton’s “Amazing Grace.” I learned the...
B40: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2021)
“Well, once again Jesus’ critics are on the prowl, seeking to trip him up in a way that they can use to discredit him, or worse. They try to get Jesus into a debate of...
A41: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (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?”...