by Jim Somerville | Jan 17, 2013 | Opinion
I met a man yesterday who is passionate about his mission. In his lifetime he hopes to bring one billion people to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Did you hear that? One billion. This is his approach: he goes to schools in India, talks with the principals and...
by Jim Somerville | Jan 11, 2013 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on January 6, 2013. The Epiphany of the Lord Matthew 2:1-12 The only two Gospels that tell the story of Christmas are Matthew and Luke, and they tell it in different ways. Luke tells...
by Jim Somerville | Jan 3, 2013 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on December 30, 2012. The First Sunday after Christmas Day Colossians 3:12-17 Well, here we are on the first Sunday after Christmas Day. I’m happy to see you, and this year more than...
by Jim Somerville | Dec 27, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on December 23, 2012. The Fourth Sunday of Advent Luke 1:39-55 Well, this is embarrassing. I had it on unreliable authority that the world was coming to an end on Friday, December 21. ...
by Jim Somerville | Dec 25, 2012 | Opinion
It may have been the article I posted back on Day 61 of our KOH2RVA (Kingdom of Heaven to Richmond, Virginia) initiative about bowling alleys that inspired me. Whatever it was, when my interfaith group started talking about how we could move beyond dialogue to...
