“The Living Body of Christ: Can We Hear the Groans of Our World”

The Living Body of Christ “Can We Hear the Groans of Our World?” First Baptist Richmond, May 19, 2024 Romans 8:22-27 We know that the whole creation has been groaning

When in Romans: Welcoming the Weak

When in Romans: Welcoming the Weak First Baptist Richmond, September 17, 2023 The Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Romans 14:1-12 Welcome those who are weak in faith, but not for the

When in Romans: Living Like Christians

First Baptist Richmond, September 3, 2023The Fourteenth Sunday after PentecostRomans 12:9-21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.             In a book called unChristian, David Kinnaman

When in Romans: With Minds Transformed

First Baptist Richmond, August 27, 2023The Thirteenth Sunday after PentecostRomans 12:1-8 I appeal to you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a

When in Romans: Merciful to All

When in Romans: Merciful to AllFirst Baptist Richmond, August 20, 2023The Twelfth Sunday after PentecostRomans 11:1-2a, 29-32 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means!              I

When in Romans: Wholehearted Belief

First Baptist Richmond, August 13, 2023The Eleventh Sunday after PentecostRomans 10:5-15 If you confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him

The Divine Family

Romans 9:1-5  Have you ever had a conversation with a friend that had you excited about the future as you talked, only to turn into negativity and despair?  That’s the

When in Romans: More than Conquerors

First Baptist Richmond, July 30, 2023The Ninth Sunday after PentecostRomans 8:26-39 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to

When in Romans: Children of God

First Baptist Richmond, July 23, 2023The Eighth Sunday after PentecostRomans 8:12-25 For you did not receive a spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received a

When in Romans: Life and Peace

There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.             It’s good to be back!             I’ve been to two big Baptist meetings while I was