He is the What!?

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. May 4, 2014 The Fourth Sunday of Easter John 10:1-10 “Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit. The one who...

What Were You Expecting

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. May 4, 2014 The Third Sunday of Easter Luke 24:13-35 Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all...

Mary, Don’t You Weep

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. April 20, 2014 Easter Sunday John 20:1-18 Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. So she...

Ask Not What Jesus Can Do For You

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. March 16, 2014 Palm Sunday Matthew 21:1-11 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, “Go into the village ahead...

Taking Sin Seriously: Salvation

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. April 6, 2014 The Fifth Sunday in Lent Ezekiel 37:1-6 The hand of the Lord came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of...