by Jim Somerville | Sep 6, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on September 2, 2012. The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost James 1:17-27 Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights,...
by Jim Somerville | Aug 30, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on August 26, 2012. The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 28:19-20 Last week I tried to answer the question of why we are here, and I didn’t mean why are we here in worship; I...
by Jim Somerville | Aug 23, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on August 19, 2012. The Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 10:1-8 Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to...
by Jim Somerville | Jul 23, 2012 | Opinion
It almost didn’t happen. There were some who said it shouldn’t happen, who warned me plainly that when you hear the first distant boom of thunder at the public pool, you have to get out for at least a half hour. But this was no Sunday afternoon swim: This...
by Jim Somerville | Aug 30, 2011 | Opinion
Since my last column, I have survived a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt as far north as Boston and the gusting fury of Hurricane Irene, which ripped up a half dozen ancient oaks on my street and left most of the city without power. I don’t mean to be...
