Exodus 19:2-8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5:1-8; Matthew 9:35–10:8 “The truth is,” says DeLoach, “following Jesus is not about worshipping ‘Churchianity.’ Church is the community of believers, gathered only to be dispersed.” DeLoach says God’s call...
B24: The Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year B (2021)
In today’s sermon from Acts 10:44-48, Amy Starr Redwine, pastor of Richmond’s First Presbyterian Church, says, “Until Acts chapter 10, we could be forgiven for thinking that it is Peter who made the church the...
B11: The Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B (2018)
Richard W. Voelz is an Assistant Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. When his family moved from North Carolina to New Jersey after his graduation from high school, it...
A22: The Second Sunday of Easter, Year A (2017)
MaryAnn McKibben Dana describes herself as “a writer, spouse, mother of three, muffin maker and occasional marathoner.” She says, “I am a Presbyterian pastor whose spiritual inner child is secretly Quaker. (I guess the secret’s...
B39: The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year B (2015)
Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon on this week’s Gospel lesson from John 6:56-69. Critics today might have told Jesus to...