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...
Richard Voelz, Associate Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, preaches the Gospel lesson for the Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost (Matthew 23:1-12). It’s Jesus at his fiercest, confronting hypocrisy and...
A47: The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2020)
October 12, 2020
In Matthew 22:15-22, the Pharisees tried to trick Jesus by asking him about paying taxes. His answer is familiar to us. “Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s, and to God...
A17: The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A (2020)
March 16, 2020
“There’s something holy and important about paying attention to our surroundings and to the people near us,” says Rev. Dr. Kristin Adkins Whitesides, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Winchester, Virginia. She invites us to...
A18: The Fourth Sunday in Lent, Year A (2017)
March 8, 2017
Will Willimon is a bishop in the United Methodist Church and one of the most effective preachers in the English-speaking world. He is also a prolific author, having written more than 60 books. Will has...