C17: The Third Sunday in Lent, Year C (2019)
“Why” is probably a question we have all asked at some point, especially after natural or moral disaster. In the parable of the fig tree in Luke 13:1-9, people approach Jesus asking the same question,...
A53: Reign of Christ Sunday, Year A (2017)
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from Matthew 25:31-46 called, “I’d Have Baked a Cake.” “I was there,” Jesus says, “in every...
A52: The Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2017)
The Rev. Dr. Judy Kincaid was the first runner up in our 2017 Pentecost Preaching Contest, and her sermon was so good we asked her if she had another one for another Sunday of the...
A51: The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2017)
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon called, “Choose this Day and Every Day,” based on Joshua 24:1-3, 14-25 and Matthew 25:1-13. It...
A47: The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2017)
Richard W. Voelz is an Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, VA. His sermon for this Sunday is based on that difficult parable from Matthew 22:1-14–the Wedding Banquet–which is...