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Ryan Ahlgrim, pastor of Richmond’s First Mennonite Church, says, “unlike Aesop’s Fables, Jesus’s parables are not always easy to understand. Some of his parables are downright puzzling.” He finds today’s parable of the talents from...
Rev. Amy Starr Redwine, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Richmond, Virginia, introduces today’s scripture passage from Amos 5:18-24 with the following story. She says, “Long ago, there was a community that did not think of...
If you attended Sunday School as a child, you probably know today’s story well. “Zacchaeus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he. He climbed up in a sycamore tree for...
How would you like to be liberated and set free from the hold that money has on your life? Brian McLaren–speaker, activist, and bestselling author, explains how to make this happen in today’s sermon from...
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches his most-requested sermon, “The Class of ’77,” based on this week’s Gospel lesson from Mark 8:31-38. It begins with...