C34: The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2016)
If you saw the sermon title “The Worst Church Member Ever” on the marquee, would you come to church expecting an awards ceremony of some kind? Would you come to find out who “won”? Would...
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...
C20: The Third Sunday of Easter, Year C (2016)
Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church in Richmond, Virginia, and co-founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon called “The Acts of an Easter People,” based on Saul’s conversion story in...
C17: Palm/Passion Sunday, Year C (2016)
“Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses, and it’s a good thing to be able to acknowledge the one and admit the other…” begins Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and co-founder of A...
C15: The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year C (2016)
“Jesus told some wonderful stories, but the one in today’s Gospel reading, Luke 15:11-32, is perhaps his best-known and best-loved. It’s the parable of the Prodigal Son, and in so many ways it reveals the...