On the Road with Jesus: The Ten Lepers

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. October 13, 2013 The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Luke 17:11-19 Nine years ago last Monday I was sitting in the back of a minivan with some other preachers headed to West Virginia for a...

The Power of Compassion and Courage

A sermon by Bob Browning, pastor of First Baptist Church, Frankfurt, Ky. John 12:20-33 October 6, 2013 “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” Jesus spoke these words somewhere around the Temple in Jerusalem as pilgrims were...

On the Road with Jesus: Increase Our Faith!

A sermon by Jim Somerville, pastor of First Baptist Church in Richmond, Va. Luke 17:5-10 October 6, 2013 Believe it or not, it’s October, and believe it or not, we are still on the road with Jesus—watching everything he does, listening to every word he says, following...

The Kings of Israel-Saul: Israel’s Desire

A sermon by Randy Hyde, pastor of Pulaski Heights Baptist Church in Little Rock, Ark. 1 Samuel 8:4-22; Colossians 1:9-14 October 6, 2013 They came from all over to the village of Ramah. The elders of Israel, who dwelt in such places as Bethshemesh, Kiriath-jearim,...

The Communion of Kindred Souls

A sermon by Keith Herron, pastor of Holmeswood Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo. 2 Timothy 1:1-14; Lamentations 1:1-6; Psalm 137; Luke 17:5-10 October 6, 2013 As a teenage boy Elie Wiesel was one of the few survivors of the Holocaust. At the age of 15, he was taken...