Psalm 131: The Trusting Song
This week, Derek leads us through a study of Psalm 131, a song that reminds us who we are (and who we are not) even as it reminds us who God is.
Aug 16, 2020•26 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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Psalm 130: The Mercy Song
A study of Psalm 130, “the Mercy Song,” which reveals the disciple’s inward pilgrim journey from despair to a call to wait and hope.
Aug 09, 2020•31 min
Psalm 128: The Blessing Song
This week Esther Choi will lead us through a study of Psalm 128, a song of blessing.
Aug 02, 2020•23 min
Psalm 126: The Joy Song
Psalm 126 boldly asserts that one of the key marks of the pilgrim is joy. Joy is not happiness, but a deep steadiness of soul that remains firm amidst the danger and struggle of the journey.
Jul 26, 2020•33 min
Psalm 125: The Surrounding Song
This week, we look at Psalm 125, a beautiful meditation on the city of Jerusalem, and on Christian security. In the midst of great uncertainty, the Lord surrounds his people! Sermon Sources: - A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, Chapter 7, by Eugene Peterson - “A Place Where You Belong,” Sermon by Mika Edmondson, preached at Christ Presbyterian Church Nashville, 7.5.2020 (credit to Mika for the Mayhem and Steve Bradbury illustrations). - The Book of Psalms, by Robert Alter - Psalms 73-150, b...
Jul 19, 2020•31 min
Psalm 124: The Rescue Song
As we look at Psalm 124 this week, we see a rescuer and savior from destruction.
Jul 12, 2020•30 min
Psalm 123: The Servant Song
This week, we study Psalm 123 and see ourselves as servants of a merciful Master who helps us journey in a life full of contempt.
Jul 05, 2020•30 min
Responding to our Racial Crisis: A pastoral message with Q&A
A pastoral message with Q&A. Corey gives a pastoral message on our church’s calling to respond to racism and racial injustice and some first steps we’ll be taking to respond in action. Resources on Race & Racism: https://www.thirdrva.org/resources-on-race-and-racism
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Psalm 121: The Guardian Song
This week, we study Psalm 121, and see that on this road of pain and trouble, our true help is in the Lord, maker of heaven and earth, the one who keeps us from all harm and promises to guard us in his love and care.
Jun 28, 2020•28 min
Psalm 120: The Leaving Song
This Sunday we’re starting a new series called Songs for the Journey. Nestled in the back of the book of Psalms is a little collection called “The Songs of Ascent.” We begin this Sunday with Psalm 120- a psalm that reminds us that we must be fed up with the world around us before we are ready to walk the hard path of discipleship.
Jun 21, 2020•29 min
The Life Everlasting
This week we study the final phrase of the Creed: “I believe in the Life Everlasting.”
Jun 14, 2020•28 min
The Resurrection of the Body
As we move toward the end of the Creed, the perspective shifts to the future. The Creed begins with the very start of the history of the world, and now it moves toward history's conclusion. The world will end, the Creed affirms, not with destruction, not with an apocalypse, but with “the resurrection of the body.” What does that really mean?
Jun 07, 2020•28 min
The Communion of Saints
This Sunday we’ll continue with our series on the Apostles’ Creed by looking at the phrase “The Communion of Saints.” Rick Hutton will be preaching on the church as a community of believers.
May 26, 2020•20 min
The Holy Catholic Church
This week, Erin Rose will lead us as we examine the phrase from the Apostles’ Creed, “I believe in the holy catholic church.”
May 18, 2020•16 min
LTGL: Janice Bruce
LTGL is a quarantine miniseries, short for Little Things with Great Love, where we’re looking at ways people in our community are seeking to be faithful to Jesus and his mission during this pandemic. We hear a lot about politicians and big name national leaders in the news, but the greatest heroes in this pandemic will most likely be people you’ve never heard of, neighbors and local leaders acting in small, courageous forms of sacrificial love and service. There are so many ways that God’s peopl...
May 13, 2020•17 min
I Believe in the Holy Spirit
In the final section of the Creed, we shift to the third Person of the Trinity: the Holy Spirit. Everything that we will look at from now on in the Creed is in some ways an outworking of the theology of the Spirit. The Spirit is the one who makes the Christian life possible, who makes the church possible, who makes a life of hope and courage possible.
May 11, 2020•31 min
LTGL: Mike Murchie
LTGL is a quarantine miniseries, short for Little Things with Great Love, where we’re looking at ways people in our community are seeking to be faithful to Jesus and his mission during this pandemic. We hear a lot about politicians and big name national leaders in the news, but the greatest heroes in this pandemic will most likely be people you’ve never heard of, neighbors and local leaders acting in small, courageous forms of sacrificial love and service. There are so many ways that God’s peopl...
May 06, 2020•24 min
He Will Come Again to Judge the Living and the Dead
This phrase of the Apostles’ Creed is probably the scariest one of all. Judgment. We are offered both a sobering reminder that the way we live matters, as well as a great consolation, knowing that we wait for Jesus to come and set things right.
May 05, 2020•29 min
LTGL: Peter Murchie
LTGL is a quarantine miniseries, short for Little Things with Great Love, where we’re looking at ways people in our community are seeking to be faithful to Jesus and his mission during this pandemic. We hear a lot about politicians and big name national leaders in the news, but the greatest heroes in this pandemic will most likely be people you’ve never heard of, neighbors and local leaders acting in small, courageous forms of sacrificial love and service. There are so many ways that God’s peopl...
May 01, 2020•22 min
LTGL: Danny Avula
LTGL is a quarantine miniseries, short for Little Things with Great Love, where we’re looking at ways people in our community are seeking to be faithful to Jesus and his mission during this pandemic. We hear a lot about politicians and big name national leaders in the news, but the greatest heroes in this pandemic will most likely be people you’ve never heard of, neighbors and local leaders acting in small, courageous forms of sacrificial love and service. There are so many ways that God’s peopl...
Apr 28, 2020•29 min
He Sits at the Right Hand of the Father
We don’t often think about the ascended Jesus at God’s right hand, but the apostle Paul seems to think that focusing on the ascended Jesus is the key to life. We’ll look at how this phrase in the creed, “he sits at the right hand of the Father,” helps us take on a new mindset, fixing our eyes on the ascended Jesus and the way our identity is bound up in him.
Apr 28, 2020•32 min
LTGL: Judy Duarte
We’re starting a quarantine miniseries called LTGL, short for Little Things with Great Love. We’re looking at ways that people in our community are seeking to be faithful to Jesus and his mission during this pandemic. We hear a lot about politicians and big name national leaders in the news, but the greatest heroes in this pandemic will most likely be people you’ve never heard of, neighbors and local leaders acting in small, courageous forms of sacrificial love and service. There are so many way...
Apr 24, 2020•11 min
He Ascended Into Heaven
This week in our study of the Apostles’ Creed, we come to the phrase “he ascended into heaven.” Esther Choi will lead us as we explore why believing in the ascension matters.
Apr 20, 2020•29 min
Easter Sunday: On the Third Day He Rose From the Dead
On Easter Sunday we come to what is perhaps the most important phrase in the entire creed, “on the third day, he rose again from the dead.” Join us as Corey Widmer, Fakhri Yacoub, and Erin Rose explore this phrase on Easter.
Apr 14, 2020•15 min
Good Friday: Descended Into Hell
Good Friday: Descended Into Hell by Third Church, RVA
Apr 14, 2020•21 min
Suffered Under Pontius Pilate
What do we learn about this person Jesus in this phrase from the creed this week? Simply put, he suffered. That word suffered does not just describe the end of his life, but the whole of his life. From start to finish, Jesus was a man who was “familiar with suffering,” familiar with our world and our reality. We’ll explore this together this weekend.
Apr 07, 2020•31 min
Conceived by the Holy Spirit, Born of the Virgin Mary
This week, we’ll be looking at the Virgin Birth and how it is not just some random miracle. It is the foundation of our belief that Jesus is both fully God and fully human, fully divine and fully enmeshed in the pains and sufferings of this world.
Mar 31, 2020•28 min
Jesus Christ, His Only Son, Our Lord
At the very center of the Christian faith is not a set of ideas or a religious theory of reality or even a way of life. At the very center of our faith is a Person. We will be looking at how our belief in Jesus as Lord is a radical one, and one that gives us both comfort and challenge.
Mar 24, 2020•34 min
Maker of Heaven and Earth
This week, we’ll unpack the wonderful biblical theology in the phrase “maker of heaven and earth” and what it says about creation and its implications for our lives.
Mar 16, 2020•17 min
God the Father Almighty
This week we come to the first significant phrase in the creed, “I believe in God the Father Almighty.” It immediately names a specific God: the God who is the Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, and a God who is “almighty.” These few words tell us so much about the God we worship, and we’ll explore that together this week.
Mar 09, 2020•32 min
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