by Jim Somerville | Mar 4, 2013 | Opinion
I’ve been looking through this morning’s Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia. The big news is that the federal government is going to cut $85 billion in spending, beginning Saturday. It remains to be seen how those cuts will affect us locally or how much...
by Jim Somerville | Feb 21, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, First Baptist Church Richmond, Va. The First Sunday in Lent Psalm 90; Luke 4:1-13; Philippians 3: Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for forty days he was tempted by...
by Jim Somerville | Feb 14, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. February 10, 2013 Transfiguration Sunday Luke 9:28-36 Now about eight days after these sayings Jesus took with him Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. And while he was...
by Jim Somerville | Feb 6, 2013 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on February 3, 2013. The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Luke 4:21-30 He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” All spoke well of him and were...
by Jim Somerville | Jan 24, 2013 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on January 20, 2013. The Second Sunday after the Epiphany John 2:1-11 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples...
