Saving the Lost

The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost Luke 19:1-10  He entered Jericho and was passing through it. A man was there named Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was rich.

What Makes Us Right?

The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 18:9-14  He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: “Two men went

What God Is Not

The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 18:1-8  Jesus said, “In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there

One Came Back

The Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 17:11-19  On the way to Jerusalem Jesus was going through the region between Samaria and Galilee. As he entered a village, ten lepers approached him…  On

Increase Our Faith!

The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 17:5-10  The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you

Are You Listening?

The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Luke 16:19-31  There was a rich man who was dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate

Christ Will Let You Love Him

Let me say what a joy it is for Deb and I to be back at Richmond’s First Baptist Church to join you in worship to see so many long,

Lost and Found

ONE Sunday Luke 15:1-10  Which one of you, having a hundred sheep and losing one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness and go after the one

Demanding Discipleship

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost It is an incredible gift to be here and worship with you.  Not only because it gives me a chance to be in worship again with

Taking Our Places

Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost  Luke 14:1, 7-14  On one occasion when Jesus was going to the house of a leader of the Pharisees to eat a meal on the Sabbath,