Richmond's First Baptist Church

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, February 4, 2018.

Jim Somerville: "What big decision have you been wrestling with, waiting until you had all the information so you could make an informed choice? Sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith. And when that time comes you won't know that it’s the right thing up here, in your head -- it will come from some deeper place, from your heart, or from your soul..."

Dr. Jim Somerville's "Pastor's Class", from Sunday, January 28, 2018, discussing the question: "What is the character of God?"

Jim Somerville: "How many people walk or drive by this church every day who would never think to look inside? They may wonder, 'Can anything good come out of church?' We don't need to show them how big the sanctuary is, or tell them how many pipes there are in the pipe organ. Too many times churches get caught up in showing off their facilities or bragging on their programs, but at the deepest level I don't think that's what people are looking for..."

Emerson Shelton: "Why would Jesus choose fishermen to change the world, to turn it upside down? Fishermen are courageous and daring. Fishermen have patience and determination. Fishermen exercise faith..."

Dr. Jim Somerville's "Pastor's Class", from Sunday, January 21, 2018, discussing the question: "What is God like?"

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, January 21, 2018.

Jim Somerville: "When it comes to the Holy Spirit -- and I say this in Christian love -- a lot of Baptists are ignorant. We often talk so much about sin that we might begin to think of baptism only as an effective remedy for that: as the means of 'washing our sins away.' Where is the Holy Spirit?"

Dr. Jim Somerville's "Pastor's Class", from Sunday, January 14, 2018. Topics include "Is there a God?" and "Where is God?"

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, January 14, 2018.