Richmond's First Baptist Church

Dr. Somerville's homily from Wednesday, March 4, 2020.

Jim Somerville: "Have you ever had one of those moments? Where you want something so much that you can’t resist the temptation? And then, as soon as you have tasted that forbidden fruit, you find yourself filled with guilt and remorse...?"

From Ash Wednesday, February 26, 2020.

Kathy Thompson's homily from the Service of Prayer for Healing, February 23, 2020.

Jim Somerville: "Gluttony and Sloth, two sins that sound so repugnant I didn’t even include them in the sermon title. How will I preach about those..?"

We welcome the Rev. Dr. Yvette Jackson as the 2020 Martha Stearns Marshall preacher.

Jim Somerville: "One journalist recently commented: 'We are living in the Era of Rage.' So, what is the cure for anger...?"

Jim Somerville: "The reptilian brain is especially troublesome, because it thinks about sex... a lot."

Dr. Scott Spencer: January 29 – Re-Visioning the Universe: Apocalyptic Revelation

Jim Somerville: "I remember seeing a man in a light blue baseball cap, with these words printed on the front: 'He who dies with the most toys wins.' I laughed when I saw it because it was a joke, right? Nobody really believes that. But then I began to look around..."