“When my son, Elijah, was about 12, he decided to read the Bible…from beginning to end…The Bible is full of stories of God’s people doing very strange and wrong things. He would come down the...
B03: The Third Sunday of Advent, Year B (2020)
December 7, 2020
“John wasn’t hurting anybody. He was just out there in the wilderness preaching and baptizing when the posse from the Pharisees rode up,” begins Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of...
A07: The Baptism of the Lord, Year A (2020)
January 6, 2020
Today’s sermon, titled “Identity Statement” is based on Matthew 3:13-17, the baptism of Jesus. Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, summarizes the account of...
A02: The Second Sunday of Advent, Year A (2019)
December 2, 2019
“But still, he is a really nice guy…the tell-tale words we use too often to soften the unkind things we say about others.” David Lose, Senior Pastor of Mount Olivet Lutheran Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota,...
C07: The Baptism of the Lord, Year C (2019)
January 7, 2019
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from Luke 3:15-17, 21-22, for Baptism of the Lord Sunday. In this largely autobiographical sermon, Somerville...