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Will Willimon has learned to love a lot of the characters in the Gospels, but not Nicodemus. What’s to love about this stuffy know-it-all who comes to Jesus at night in John 3:1-17, pretending to...
Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon called “Somebody’s Daughter” from Matthew 5:21-37. He tackles the difficult and uncomfortable topic of lust by...
“Today’s Gospel lesson, Luke 12:49-56, is hard! Jesus asks, ‘Did you think I came to bring peace to the earth?’ Well, yes, Jesus, yes, I did. You are the Prince of Peace. I don’t like...
“In our larger culture, this is of course, Memorial Day weekend…And those of us in the church have something in addition to celebrate this weekend. Today is Ascension Sunday, which is always the last Sunday...
“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.” These words begin one of the most recognizable and familiar psalms. In today’s sermon, Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of Richmond’s First Mennonite Church, admits that he reached...
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