Job: a Righteous Man

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on October 14, 2012. The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Job 23:1-9, 16-17 Today we continue a four-week journey through the Old Testament book of Job.  Last week I asked you to...

Job: a Broken Man

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on October 7, 2012. The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Job: 1:1, 2:1-10 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared...

Doing the Word, Part V: Learning to Pray

A sermon by delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on September 30, 2012. James 5:13-20 My first church was in the little town of Newcastle, Kentucky – about forty-five minutes away from Louisville, where I was still in...

Walking the Walk

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on September 23, 2012. The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost James 3:13 – 4:8a After spending a few weeks preaching from James I think I can understand why some people don’t like...

Taming the Tongue

A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on September 16, 2012. The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost James 3:1-12 Last Sunday was a big day for us here at First Baptist Church.  It was ONE Sunday, that day when we all get...