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...

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...

The Face in the Sky

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The Fourth Sunday of Advent Luke 2:8-12 December 22, 2014 Isaiah 7:10-16; Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25 Here’s Barbara Brown Taylor’s lively rendition of the birth...

The Prodigal Father

A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. Luke 15:1-3, 11b-31 Some of what I’m about to say is taken from a sermon by the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, in her book The Preaching Life.  It’s a wonderful book, and she’s is a...

Saying No In Order To Say Yes

A sermon by Keith Herron, Pastor, Holmeswood Baptist Church, Kansas City, Mo. The First Sunday of Lent Luke 4:1-13 Deuteronomy 26:1-11; Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16; Romans 10:8b-13 A few years back, two priests who were friends of mine and who served at our neighborhood...