One Truth at a Time: Creator of Community

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. February 16, 2014 The Sixth Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 5:21-37 “You have heard that it was said to those of ancient times, ‘You shall not murder’; and ‘whoever murders shall be liable to...

One Truth at a Time: Proclaimer of the Kingdom

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. January 26, 2014 The Third Sunday after Epiphany Matthew 4:12-23 Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested, he withdrew to Galilee. He left Nazareth and made his home in Capernaum by the...

One Truth at a Time: Lamb of God

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. January 19, 2014 The Second Sunday after Epiphany John 1:29-42 The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! This is he of...

One Truth at a Time: Beloved Son

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. January 12, 2014 The Baptism of the Lord Matthew 3:13-17 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and...

One Truth at a Time: Newborn King

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va.  January 5, 2014 The Epiphany of the Lord Matthew 2:1-12 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the...