by Wade Smith | Sep 1, 2017 | Opinion
God’s declaration to Abram in Genesis 12:2 is very familiar to most of us: “I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great.” If we keep reading, however, we discover in Genesis 12:3 that the purpose of God’s...
by Larry Eubanks | Mar 2, 2016 | Opinion
There is little about the fourth Beatitude – “Blessed are those that hunger and thirst for righteousness” – that we get right. Let’s start with our concept of “righteousness.” We have made it a general term for...
by Larry Eubanks | Jan 26, 2016 | Opinion
The Beatitudes are not prescriptions on how to be blessed. “I need to be poor in spirit (or just plain poor) so I can be blessed” misses the point and leads to some interesting interpretations of how to live the spiritual life. It can sometimes lead us...
by Michael Cheuk | Nov 29, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va., on November 25, 2012. Luke 17:11-19 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had...
by Jim Somerville | Nov 1, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on October 28, 2012. The Twenty Second Sunday after Pentecost Job 42:1-6, 10-17 Then Job answered the Lord: 2“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be...
