Richmond's First Baptist Church

Dr. Michael Clingenpeel, former pastor of River Road Church, Baptist and former editor of The Religious Herald leads us through Jesus' call and instructions to go, pray, and do as God's instrument of change and transformation. Recorded Wednesday, January 11, 2017.

Jim Somerville: "I sometimes say that if there has been an accident at a busy intersection, the investigating officer will be grateful if there were four witnesses, one standing at each of the four corners. In the same way, we should be grateful for the four different perspectives we have on Jesus..."

Dr. Michael Clingenpeel, former pastor of River Road Church, Baptist and former editor of The Religious Herald leads us through Jesus' call and instructions to go, pray, and do as God's instrument of change and transformation. (Note: This recording is missing the last few minutes of Dr. Clingenpeel's lecture.) Recorded Wednesday, January 4, 2017.

Jim Somerville: "Here we are, standing just inside the doorway of 2017, glancing around to see what this new year looks like and wondering what it might have in store for us. Some of us are very excited about what's ahead in the new year, others are very anxious..."

Jim Somerville: "I got a nice note from one of the children of the church asking if we could please call off services today..."

Jim Somerville: "Imagine a world where Christmas doesn't come on the 25th of December, but with the first snowfall of the year. In a world like that, you wouldn't know when Christmas was coming..."

Jim Somerville: "Eight years ago was my very first Christmas at Richmond's First Baptist Church. And in this very room I told a story that some people are still talking about. And I thought I'd tell it again tonight..."

Jim Somerville: "A world with God in it is a world where anything is possible, and that God has come into the world in Jesus Christ in a way he never had before, and that now things are possible in this world that never were before..."

Jim Somerville's "Talkback" from Sunday, December 11, 2016.

Jim Somerville: "Joy is not the same thing as happiness. It's not that feeling you get when you win the lottery. Joy is deeper, and often quieter. And you can experience it even in times of deep sadness..."