by Jim Somerville | Dec 26, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. December 22, 2013 The Fourth Sunday of Advent Matthew 1:18-25 Now the birth of Jesus the Messiah took place in this way. When his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, but before they lived...
by Jim Somerville | Dec 19, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. December 15, 2013 The Third Sunday of Advent Isaiah 35:1-10; Matthew 11:2-11 The people at Coca-Cola seem to think you can “Open Happiness” by popping the top off an ice-cold bottle of Coke, but...
by Jim Somerville | Dec 5, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. November 24, 2013 Christ the King Sunday Luke 23:33-43 Just a few hours ago, my daughter Catherine got up and went to church. It’s not that she’s such an early riser; it’s that she’s in Scotland...
by Jim Somerville | Nov 21, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. November 17, 2013 The Twenty-Sixth Sunday after Pentecost It hadn’t occurred to me when I named this two-part sermon series that some of you might think I was resigning. I was only thinking that...
by Jim Somerville | Nov 14, 2013 | General
A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. November 10, 2013 The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost A funny thing happened while we were on the road with Jesus: it came to an end. Back when I was making plans to preach this sermon series...
