Taking Sin Seriously: Penance

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. March 30, 2014 The Fourth Sunday in Lent Ephesians 5:8-14 For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of light— for the fruit of the light is found in all that...

Taking Sin Seriously: Repentance

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. March 23, 2014 The Third Sunday in Lent Romans 5:1-11 Therefore, since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have obtained access to this...

Taking Sin Seriously: Damnation

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. March 16, 2014 The Second Sunday in Lent John 3:1-17 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life....

One Truth at a Time: The One and Only

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. March 2, 2014 Transfiguration Sunday Matthew 17:1-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured...

One Truth at a Time: Teacher of Wisdom

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. February 23, 2014 The Seventh Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 5:38-48 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ But I say to you, do not resist an evildoer. But...