Good Try, Peter!

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. August 10, 2014 The Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Matthew 14:22-33 Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he...

One Truth at a Time: The One and Only

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. March 2, 2014 Transfiguration Sunday Matthew 17:1-9 Six days later, Jesus took with him Peter and James and his brother John and led them up a high mountain, by themselves. And he was transfigured...

Healer of My Soul

A sermon by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, N.C. Psalm 23; Acts 9:36-43 I remember a time when I often grew impatient listening to older people discuss their bodily ailments. During visits to my grandparents it seemed like we spent 60% of...

The Acts of an Easter People: Faithful Healing

A sermon by Jim Somerville, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Richmond, Va. The Fourth Sunday of Easter Acts 9:36-43 In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good and helping the poor. About that time she became sick...

Love Will Find a Way

A sermon by Robert Browning, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Frankfort, Ky. John 21:1-19 I wonder what Peter thought when Jesus singled him out from the other disciples and started asking him questions. How do you feel when someone you disappointed wants to talk to you?...