Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from Genesis 12:1-9, Romans 4:13-25, and Matthew 9:9-13 & 18-26 called “From Black-and-White to Color.” Somerville...
A12: The Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year A (2023)
February 6, 2023
Jim Somerville, pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon called “Somebody’s Daughter” from Matthew 5:21-37. He tackles the difficult and uncomfortable topic of lust by...
C52: Reign of Christ Sunday, Year C (2022)
November 14, 2022
“When I was a kid, we used to play a game on the school playground called ‘King of the Hill.’…Somebody would climb up on a mound of dirt at one corner of the playground and...
C36: The Eighth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C (2022)
July 25, 2022
“Does it spark joy?” That’s what the star of “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo” wants to know about our possessions, and Jesus might agree. In this Sunday’s Gospel lesson he breaks the news that one’s...
C28: The Day of Pentecost, Year C (2022)
May 29, 2022
“A lot of churches these days are wondering how they can attract young adults. They think of them as the future of the church and they want their church to have a future,” begins Jim...