by Jim Somerville | Sep 20, 2012 | General
A sermon delivered by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., on September 16, 2012. The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost James 3:1-12 Last Sunday was a big day for us here at First Baptist Church. It was ONE Sunday, that day when we all get...
by Larry Greenfield | Dec 17, 2010 | Opinion
I think I have a decent theory on why the committee choosing lectionary texts for Advent in Year A of the reading cycle chose a passage from James. It goes something like this: Because the Advent season promotes the virtues of “waiting” and...
