“Out of Gas”
May 13, 2024
Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon for the Day of Pentecost called “Out of Gas,” based on the traditional reading from Acts...
Tell Everyone!
March 25, 2024
“The traditional Gospel reading for Easter Sunday is John 20:1-18, where Mary Magdalene comes to the tomb early on the first day of the week, while it is still dark. You know that story. It’s...
“Does Preaching Make Any Difference?”
January 29, 2024
“You may not believe it, but those of us in the preaching profession sometimes wonder if it does any good. We work at our sermons week after week…and when Sunday comes we stand in the...
B01: The First Sunday of Advent (2023)
November 27, 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...
A41: The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year A (2023)
August 28, 2023
Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from Matthew 16:21-28 called “From Solid Rock to Stumbling Block.” Somerville says that if Peter had...