Active Patience
This week, Ed Satterfield will lead us through chapter 5 of James, exploring a key ingredient that helps us to be patient amidst trials, suffering and injustices— the imminent return of the Lord Jesus.
Aug 19, 2019•28 min
Third Church Sermons
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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The Danger of Wealth
We continue to move through the book of James this week as we look at the end of chapter 4 and into chapter 5. Corey Widmer shares with us about the particular dangers of wealth to us as Christians— the dangers of presumption, hoarding and injustice.
Aug 12, 2019•30 min
Divided Hearts
This week, Corey Widmer shares on James 4, and demonstrates what James sees as the core problem in the lives of his friends: the problem of having “divided hearts,” compromising their affection and fidelity to God, the one true source of life and love.
Aug 05, 2019•29 min
True Wisdom
Corey Widmer shares this week from James 3:13-18 asking questions like: How do we know who to follow? Who should we listen to? How do we know when our lives on track (or off)? James speaks to all this in this passage and we’ll look at how we too can become people of true wisdom.
Jul 30, 2019•34 min
Taming the Tongue
We begin exploring Luke chapter 3 this week by looking at what this verses 1-12 means for our language, and what our language shows about the shape of our hearts and what we believe. Sermon by Derek Mondeau. "I was grateful to the work of John Stot and JA Moyter, as well as sermons by Matt Chandler, Tim Keller and Tony Evans for shaping my thoughts about the text this week." - Derek.
Jul 23, 2019•37 min
Genuine Faith
This week, we look at James 2 and what our faith means for our works and deeds. Sermon by Rick Hutton
Jul 16, 2019•27 min
A New Community
David Bailey, executive director of Arrabon, is with us this week to share on James 2:1-13, on building a counter-cultural community.
Jul 09, 2019•26 min
Hearing and Doing
This week we look further into what the book of James says about the Word of God, and how he challenges us to not just hear the word, but be transformed by it. What we hear must change what we do. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Jul 02, 2019•29 min
The Trial of Faith
We continue our series on James this Sunday with looking at the wisdom of the opening chapter. In this seemingly disjointed chapter, James gets to the heart of our life here: that our faith has something important to say about the many ways we suffer. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Jun 25, 2019•37 min
A Faith That Matters: Intro to the Book of James
This week we begin a new sermon series on the book of James, a series we’re calling ‘A Faith That Matters.” James believes that faith in the Lord Jesus is a faith that deeply matters for all of life, and is a faith that should be profoundly shaping the way believers live. We’ll explore this together this summer! Sermon by Corey Widmer. Here is the link to the introduction video of James by the Bible Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn-hLHWwRYY
Jun 18, 2019•21 min
The Promise for All People
This week is Pentacost, and Erin Rose shares with us how this event that happened many hundreds of years ago still impacts us— all of us— everyday.
Jun 11, 2019•32 min
The Promise for Stony Hearts
We continue this week in our three-week series on the Promise of the Spirit, looking to how the Holy Spirit can move us from stony, cold hearts, to hearts that desire and seek after God’s right and true things. Credit to Tim Keller for the ball/can analogy, to Rankin Wilbourne for the idea of the Rudy and Sailboat illustrations, and to Tim Chester for the house renovation analogy. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Jun 04, 2019•29 min
The Promise for Thirsty Souls
This week, as we think about the Holy Spirit at work in us and around us, we’ll see his work enables us to have life even when we’re in desert like places in life. Sermon by Rick Hutton.
May 28, 2019•26 min
“Do you love me?”
This Sunday we are wrapping up our Questions of Jesus series with one last question of Jesus: “Do you love me?” This powerful question is from John 21:15-19, which tells the story of Jesus’ restoration of Peter. I leaned heavily on the work of David Benner’s book Surrender To Love and Dale Bruner’s Commentary on John for this week’s sermon. Sermon by Derek Mondeau.
May 21, 2019•35 min
“Why do doubts arise in your hearts?”
This week we look to another one of Jesus’s appearances to the disciples after his resurrection, and what it shows us about how he wants to encourage and restore us— even in the midst of great trial— so we may be sent out to share his grace and truth with the rest of the world. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
May 14, 2019•29 min
Happy Blessed Feet of the Gospel
This week we welcome a guest preacher, Tharwat Whaba, to share with us from Isaiah 52.
May 07, 2019•28 min
“Was it not necessary?”
Our story this week story invites us to encounter the living Jesus like the disciples did on the road to Emmaus, and asks us to open our eyes to him more and more. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Apr 30, 2019•30 min
“Why are you weeping?”
This Easter Sunday we look at the story of when Mary, weeping over Jesus’s death, is confronted by the man she is mourning. The story speaks to the power and impact of the resurrection for all of us, not just for Mary, but for the whole world. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Apr 23, 2019•29 min
“Can you drink the cup I'm going to drink?”
In the question Jesus asks that we’re exploring this week, “Can you drink the cup I’m going to drink?”, we see the contrast between what was expected of Jesus and what he will actually go on to do, foretelling how ultimately Jesus came to serve instead of be served, giving his life as a ransom for many. Credit to Tim Keller for his phrase “all life-changing love is substitutionary sacrifice,” and for the parenting illustration, from his book “King’s Cross,” chapter 12. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Apr 16, 2019•31 min
“Why don't you notice the log in your eye?”
As we’ve been seeing throughout our series, Jesus uses questions to connect deeply with people. This week in particular, the question we’ll look at shows how much Jesus presses the hearer to fuller self-exploration. Sermon by Ed Satterfield.
Apr 09, 2019•34 min
“Who do you say I am?”
The next question of Jesus that we’re looking at is: ‘who do you say that I am?’ At first, this question seems to be about identity— who he is— but as we’ll explore together, it’s also the turning point for him to begin to live out what he came to do. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Apr 02, 2019•34 min
“Do you want to get well?”
The question we look at this week is: Do you want to get well? Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Mar 27, 2019•37 min
Audio Appendix Ep 6: Why do you worry?
Our latest Audio Appendix episode is here and we’re talking about anxiety. To follow up from Corey’s sermon on March 17 about why we worry, Corey, Becca Payne, and Margie Satterfield— a licensed professional counselor— sit down to go more in depth about anxiety, how it manifests, and what we do about it as Christians.
Mar 20, 2019•45 min
“Why do you worry?”
This week, we’re exploring the question behind one of the most well-known passages in the Sermon on the Mount: why do you worry? Sermon by Corey Widmer. Sources: -John Ortberg, “Good News for Worriers,” sermon preached at Menlo Church, 2.18.18. - “Prozac Nation is Now the United States of Xanax,” NYTimes, 6.10.17 - Tim Suttle, “Do Not Worry,” sermon preached at Redemption Church, 3.16.14 - Cal Newport, “Digital Minimalism,” (Portfolio, 2019). - Matthew Croasman, “Let Me Ask You A Question,” (Upp...
Mar 19, 2019•41 min
“Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”
This week, we’ll look at the question that Jesus asks that gets to the heart of one the most complex and intimate places of our lives: our families. Russell Moore’s book The Storm Tossed Family was helpful in framing the sermon. The language in Corey Widmer’s Sermon from Nov 21, 2017 The Grace of Giving Our Families was also an important starting point. Sermon by Derek Mondeau.
Mar 12, 2019•43 min
“Has no one condemned you?”
This week’s question that Jesus asks of the woman caught in adultery will have us exploring who we allow to condemn us, and who we allow ourselves to condemn. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Mar 05, 2019•37 min
“Who touched my clothes?”
This week, we’ll be looking at Jesus’ response to the chronically ill and desperate woman who reaches out to him for healing, and how his question to her calls her out of the margins and into wholeness and healing. Sermon by Erin Rose.
Feb 26, 2019•35 min
“Why are you so afraid?”
In our second week of this series, we’ll look at Jesus’s question to his disciples while they are on a boat in the middle of a storm: why are you so afraid? We’ll explore our fear, and what role faith has to play in the midst of it. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Feb 19, 2019•35 min
“What do you want me to do for you?”
Jesus asked more than 300 questions in the four gospels! Why does he ask so many questions? Sometimes he does it as a teaching tool, but more often, he does so to engage people in a real relationship. Join us as we begin this series looking at one of his questions a week. Sermon by Corey Widmer.
Feb 12, 2019•34 min
Youth Sunday: Pressing On
This Sunday is our annual Youth Sunday, where we will be lead by our students through liturgy, worship, and in teaching of Phillippians 3:12-16.
Feb 05, 2019•26 min
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