Richmond's First Baptist Church

Bucky Neal: "There are times when we are better served by the simplicity of faith than by the complexity of belief. Like Nathanael, my understanding was changed by an encounter with God..."

Jim Somerville: "Wisdom begins with an open mind. There is no place among the wise for those whose minds are already made up, for those who have put their thoughts into logic-tight compartments in their brains where they can't be contested or contradicted. We don't call such people wise -- we call them stubborn and opinionated..."

Josie Carver: "Is this how the Christian journey is sometimes? Do we sometimes wish for a do-over, a chance to start again?"

The first installment in 2018's January Bible Study, "Singing the Faith", led by Dr. Bert Browning, former Senior Pastor of Huguenot Road Baptist Church.

Brett Holmes: "Why do you go to church? Churches right here in Richmond are closing their doors. For that matter, why do you go anywhere? Why do you go to school, the grocery store, a museum, a football game? This question has long stuck with me: Why church...?"

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, December 31, 2017.

Robert Thompson: "We've used this Advent season as a time to ready ourselves for this day of days, using the simple gifts God has given us to deepen the meaning and the purpose of this sacred season. We need Christmas this year..."

Jim Somerville: "It's hard for me to believe, but this is the tenth time I have celebrated Christmas with Richmond's First Baptist Church. Every year, I have looked for a good story to share at the five o'clock service..."

Jim Somerville: "This is why we travel at Christmas, no matter how hard it is or how long it takes: because a letter isn't enough, a phone call isn't enough, even Skyping or FaceTiming isn't enough. We need to be physically present with each other at some point, and Christmas is the perfect time to do it..."

Lynn Turner: "Author Anne Lamott once made this comment: 'You will lose someone you can't live without and your heart will be badly broken. The bad news is that you never completely get over the loss of the one that you have loved. But this is also the good news: they live forever in your broken heart, and your heart doesn't completely seal back up, and you come through. It's like having a broken leg that never heals perfectly, that still hurts when the weather gets cold, but you learn to dance with the limp...'"