“Wedding at Cana” (C08: Second Sunday after Epiphany)
Rev. Jakob Topper examines Jesus’s first miracle at the Wedding at Cana (John 2:1-11). Topper comments, “If the kingdom of God is a party, then God doesn’t show up empty handed.” Rev. Jakob Topper grew...
“Everybody Has a Hungry Heart”
Richard Ward recently retired from his position as Professor of Homiletics and Worship at Phillips Theological Seminary, where he held the Fred B. Craddock Chair. He continues to serve at Phillips Theological Seminary as Visiting...
B01: The First Sunday of Advent (2023)
Today’s passages from Isaiah 64:1-9 and Mark 13:24-37 remind Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, of the time that he accidentally toppled over the Chrismon...
A27: The Day of Pentecost, Year A (2023)
Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia, begins today’s Pentecost sermon from Acts 2:1-21 with a story of the church in the Middle Ages. The celebration of Pentecost was one...
A22: The Third Sunday of Easter, Year A (2023)
“And now,” begins Will Willimon, “we are going to engage in a daring activity. I’m going to try to speak for the risen Christ. And you are going to try to listen for a word...