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Third Church Sermons

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Third Church RVA is a Presbyterian church pastored by Corey Widmer in Richmond, Virginia. We believe we are called together for the renewal of all things through Jesus Christ.
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Episodes

How People Change: New Community

This is our fourth and final week in our January sermon series looking at the Gospel promise of transformation— transformation of our lives, our habits, and our communities. I am indebted to Christine Pohl’s book Living Into Community for the sections on Gratitude and Truthfulness. Sermon by Derek Mondeau.

Jan 29, 201939 min

How People Change: Maggie Cox

We believe the Gospel promises transformation, but how does it actually happen? Each week in January we’ll feature a story of personal transformation from a member of our congregation. This week we hear from Maggie Cox, a high school student who’s story of change includes a radical encounter with Jesus that set her on a very different trajectory.

Jan 27, 201930 min

How People Change: New Habits

This is our third week in our January sermon series looking at the Gospel promise of transformation— transformation of our lives, our habits, and our communities. Sermon by Justin Earley.

Jan 22, 201934 min

How People Change: Richard Nance's Story

We believe the Gospel promises transformation, but how does it actually happen? Each week in January we’ll feature a story of personal transformation from a member of our congregation. This week we hear from Richard Nance, from his childhood as a pastors son to his young adulthood battling addiction, and how he changed both dramatically and incrementally through the Lord’s intervening into the man— and husband and father— he is today.

Jan 20, 201927 min

How People Change: New Identity

This is our second week in our January sermon series looking at the Gospel promise of transformation— transformation of our lives, our habits, and our communities. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Jan 15, 201942 min

How People Change: Stephen Jenkins' Story

We believe that the Gospel promises transformation, but how does it actually happen? Each week in January we’ll feature a story of personal transformation from a member of our congregation. This week, we hear from Stephen Jenkins and how he has navigated an absent father, abuse, and the subsequent wounds from those experiences. DISCLAIMER: This episode includes details of sexual assault and may not be appropriate for younger audiences.

Jan 13, 201930 min

How People Change: New Life

We kick off a new 4-week sermon series this week looking at the Gospel promise of transformation— transformation of our lives, our habits, and our communities. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Jan 09, 201937 min

How People Change: Mary Damon’s Story

We believe that the Gospel promises transformation, but how does it actually happen? Each week in January we’ll feature a story of personal transformation from a member of our congregation, as we explore what it really means to be changed by grace. This week, we hear from Mary Damon a story of overcoming addiction and social striving, through finding a renewed and renewing relationship with Jesus.

Jan 06, 201920 min

Let Heaven and Nature Sing: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus

Everybody is singing at Christmas! It seems like no matter what you believe about Jesus, everyone sings at Christmastime more than any other time. But what are these songs really about? And do they still have relevance to us today? Join us this week as we look at the old hymn Come Thou Long Expected Jesus and see what it teaches us about Advent. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Dec 04, 201838 min

The Promise of Witness

This Sunday, we’ll be exploring Acts and we’ll draw a direct connection from the heart of mission to our posture of gratitude. Sermon by LJ.

Nov 27, 201832 min

Ruth: Love Triumphs

As we conclude our study of the book of Ruth, we see this small story become a story of epic proportions, inviting us to reflect on the themes of this series and ask: “How is my life a part of this big story that God is writing for the world?” Sermon by Corey Widmer. Credit to Dan Marrota of Redeemer Anglican Church for his great ideas about how the genealogy of Ruth tells a larger story.

Nov 20, 201829 min

Ruth: Love Rejoices

In the last chapter of the book of Ruth we find women rejoicing in Naomi - a far cry from where we started in chapter one. We’ll explore what God has for us as we rejoice over others, and he rejoices over us. Sermon by Erin Rose.

Nov 15, 201835 min

Ruth: Love Gives

We’re taking a little pause this Sunday, being Faith Commitment Sunday, to re-examine a part of Chapter 2 in Ruth to explore it from a slightly different angle: generosity. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Nov 06, 201834 min

Ruth: Love Redeems

This week, we’ll start exploring chapter 4 of Ruth. Up to this point, we’ve looked at how, in this book, we see how love works. Love protects. Love provides. Love risks. This week we will discover that Love Redeems. Sermon by Derek Mondeau.

Oct 30, 201837 min

Ruth: Love Risks

Ruth: Love Risks This week, we’ll look at chapter 3 of Ruth, and explore what it looks like to risk in the name of hesed love. Sermon by Nan Clarke.

Oct 23, 201826 min

Ruth: Love Provides

This week, we’ll look at how God’s providence is on display in the story of Ruth— and how even when he feels absent, he is working all things together for his good and for his glory. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Oct 16, 201830 min

Ruth: Love Protects

This week, we’ll look at how Ruth, Naomi and Boaz show us that hesed love protects the vulnerable and those at great risk. And that love protects others, even at great cost. Credit to Greg Thompson for the “Tag/Base” illustration and for his insight into Church as Sanctuary. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Oct 09, 201837 min

Ruth: Love Works

This week we start the second chapter of Ruth where we begin to see that after Ruth’s spectacular display of hesed, she then shows that love gets to work, love serves. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Oct 02, 201835 min

Ruth: Love Commits

This week we’ll explore Ruth’s incredible and costly promise to Naomi, and how it is one of the most striking examples of hesed love in all of Scripture. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Sep 25, 201843 min

Ruth: Love Suffers

This week we’ll begin to explore how God’s hesed, his loving kindness, his love without limits, comports with the suffering of his people, as we dive into the first chapter of Ruth. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Sep 18, 201836 min

Ruth: Love Without Limits

The Book of Ruth is an incredible ancient story about how three people—Naomi, Ruth, and Boaz—modeled an incredible kind of love that was carried out in terribly difficult circumstances. The story points to the great story of the gospel, and the innumerable ways God has poured out his love to us, a love without limits. Sermon by Corey Widmer.

Sep 11, 201829 min

Establish The Work of Our Hands

This Sunday is our annual “Faith and Work” Sunday, a tradition we keep every Labor Day weekend to explore how our work and vocational lives connect to our faith in Jesus Christ. Sermon by Corey Widmer

Sep 04, 201835 min
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