“Really, Jesus?”
In today’s Gospel reading from John 6:35, 41-51, “Jesus makes a lot of very bold claims about himself, but these promises about no longer hungering and no longer thirsting are some of the most impressive. No...
“The Mysterious Growth of the Mustard Seed Kingdom”
Dr. Jim Somerville, Pastor of Richmond’s First Baptist Church and Co-Founder of A Sermon for Every Sunday, preaches a sermon from Mark 4:26-34 called, “The Mysterious Growth of the Mustard Seed Kingdom.” “Jesus says the...
“Jimmy, I Love You”
Father Michael Renninger, Pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Richmond, Virginia, stayed up late to write a fresh sermon “on demand” for this Sunday. It’s based on the readings from Psalm 139; 1 Samuel...
“Teeth and Bones”
“I’ll never forget the time we took our daughters to Washington, D.C., for a short trip and of all the things they saw there, the teeth and bones probably fascinated them more than anything else…I...
“Anything But Normal”
“Those who gathered thought it was going to another normal Sabbath in the Capernaum synagogue,” begins Richard Voelz, Professor of Preaching and Worship at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Virginia. In today’s passage from Mark...