C06: The Second Sunday after Christmas Day, Year C (2022)
December 27, 2021
“My mother would tell you, flat out, that her favorite Gospel was the Gospel of John…A lot of people agree,” begins Scott Spencer, author and New Testament scholar. He continues, “It’s hard to match John’s...
C05: The First Sunday after Christmas Day, Year C (2021)
December 20, 2021
“The “Lost Years”…sounds like a suspense TV series…“The Lost Years” can also refer to a big chunk of Jesus’s life,” says Scott Spencer, author and New Testament scholar. He continues, “From infancy to 30, we...
B42: The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2018)
September 3, 2018
Ryan Ahlgrim, Pastor of First Mennonite Church in Richmond, Virginia, preaches the story of the Syrophoenician Woman from Mark 7:24-37. He begins by asking, “Is it hard for you to change your mind? Did you...
A13: The Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A
February 13, 2017
Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon called “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” from Matthew 5:38-48. It’s true: if you humble...
C40: The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
June 20, 2016
“Imagine that your new pastor shows up disguised as a homeless man with a ‘Duck Dynasty’ kind of beard and a matching T-shirt…wearing old shorts that have holes in them, and if you got too...