by Jim Somerville | Jul 25, 2013 | General
On the Road with Jesus: Mary and Martha Richmond’s First Baptist Church, July 21, 2013 The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 10:38-42 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him. She had a sister...
by Jim Somerville | Jul 11, 2013 | General
A sermon by, Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., July 7, 2013 The Seventh Sunday after Pentecost Luke 10:1-11, 16-20 Today we continue a series called “On the Road with Jesus” from a section of Luke’s Gospel where Jesus’ disciples...
by Jim Somerville | Jul 11, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., June 30, 2013 The Sixth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 9:51, 57-62 It’s good to be back in the pulpit. For the past few Sundays I’ve been having lunch with the Apostle Paul and talking about his...
by Jim Somerville | Jun 18, 2013 | Opinion
I’m not sure whose idea it was that my interfaith group should visit Monticello, but that’s what we did. There was something in the memo about Thomas Jefferson’s commitment to “religious liberty,” and how important it is for all Americans...
by Jim Somerville | May 30, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., May 26, 2013 Trinity Sunday Romans 5:1-11 Today is Trinity Sunday: the only day on the Christian calendar devoted to a doctrine. But maybe that’s because this doctrine is so hard to grasp. One...
