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Third Church Sermons

by Third Church, RVA

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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  1. The Cost of False Worship

    This Sunday we'll consider the danger of false worship: not simply worshiping the wrong god, but worshiping the true God according to false ideas about who God is. And we'll pay particular attention to the person who bears the terrible cost of Jephthah's distorted faith: his unnamed daughter.

  2. The Thornbush King

    This week we continue in our series on Judges and spend time looking at Jotham’s parable, which offers a sober warning about power and compromise.

  3. When Grace Becomes Grasping

    This Sunday we'll look at the story of Gideon, which lies at the heart of the book of Judges.

  4. The Story that Makes Us

    This Sunday, Brooke Wright walks us through the epic story of God's deliverance and redemption through Deborah.

  5. A Strange Salvation

    This Sunday we come to one of the strangest stories in the book of Judges: the story of Ehud, the left-handed judge. There is intrigue, violence and even some potty humor!

  6. The God Who Remembers

    This Sunday we'll begin a new sermon series on the book of Judges. Judges tells the story of what happens when God's people slowly forget who they are and become like the world around them. Yet through it all, one remarkable truth remains: though God's people repeatedly forget God, God never...

  7. Renewing All Things Right Where You Are

    This Sunday we'll be taking a fresh look at our church mission statement, Called Together for the Renewal of All Things, and asking how we can be a part of that right where we already are.

  8. The Secret of Contentment

    Elisabeth Hayes closes out our summer in Philippians this week and explores Paul's secret of contentment.

  9. Audio Appendix: An Interview with Dave Evans

    Dave Evans, Stanford Life Design Lab co-founder and co-author of "Designing Your Life" and "How to Live a Meaningful Life," joins Corey for a conversation about life, faith, and joy.

  10. The Practice of Attention

    This week, we move toward Paul’s conclusion in one of the most practical sections of the book.

  11. Joyful Citizens of Heaven

    This week, Rick Hutton preaches on living as joyful citizens of heaven.

  12. Audio Appendix: An Interview with Tish Harrison Warren

    Tish Harrison Warren is a writer and an Anglican priest. She is the author of several books, including Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life, which won Christianity Today's 2018 Book of the Year, and Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work, or Watch, or Weep, which won...

  13. Press on Toward the Goal

    This Sunday Richard Haney joins us as we look at the next section in Philippians 3 and consider the apostle Paul’s exhortation “to press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”

  14. The Joyful Life We Gain Through Christ

    This Sunday, Brooke Wright continues our journey through Philippians as we explore what it means to find resilient joy, not in the life we wish we had, but in the life God has lovingly entrusted to us.

  15. The Life You Actually Have

    This Sunday, we'll continue our journey through Philippians as we explore what it means to find resilient joy, not in the life we wish we had, but in the life God has lovingly entrusted to us.

  16. The Life You Actually Have

    This Sunday, we'll continue our journey through Philippians as we explore what it means to find resilient joy, not in the life we wish we had, but in the life God has lovingly entrusted to us.

  17. Resilient Joy Grows Through Trust

    This Sunday, we will continue our journey through Philippians by reflecting on one of the most beautiful passages in Scripture: Philippians 2:5–11.

  18. Joy Grows in Community

    This Sunday Rick Hutton continues our Philippians series with Paul’s challenge to the church to find joy and strength in unity.

  19. The Strange Grace of Suffering

    This Sunday Corey Wdimer continues to explore Paul's logic of joy and how he assimilates the experience of suffering through his theological vision of hope.

  20. Resilient Joy in Uncertainty

    This Sunday, Ed Satterfield continues our series through the book of Philippians and guides us through Paul's purpose, hope, joy, and certainty, despite his uncertain circumstances.

  21. Living a Larger Story

    This week, we'll see how Paul practices living into a larger story even in the midst of very painful circumstances.

  22. The Architecture of Joy

    This Sunday we're starting a new sermon series called Resilient Joy, based on the book of Philippians.

  23. Grace in Every Place

    We’ll finish our series on the book of Acts this week with a wonderful story about three people whose lives are transformed by the gospel.

  24. The Spirit Who Sends

    This Sunday we'll continue in our Growing Small series by looking at the story of the first true Gentile congregation- the church of Antioch.

  25. Crossing Boundaries with the Spirit

    This Sunday we'll continue our study of the early church by looking at one of the most dramatic moments in the book of Acts: the conversion of the first Gentile.

  26. The Church for the Joy of the City

    We'll continue the story of the early church this week by looking at one of the great turning points in the book, Acts 8.

  27. Grace and Growth in Conflict

    This Sunday, we'll look at what happens when people live as new spiritual family in face to face relationships: conflict! Acts 6 is a great story about how the early Christians worked through challenges and remained united.

  28. Small Enough to Belong

    This Sunday we’ll continue exploring what “Growing Small” means as we turn to the remarkable portrait of the early church in Acts 2:42–47.

  29. The Holy Disrupter

    This Sunday we'll look at one of the most famous stories in the book of Acts — the story of Pentecost. When Jesus Christ gives his Spirit to his people, he doesn't just break into our lives, he also breaks us open.

  30. The Risen and Sending Savior

    This Sunday we'll begin a new sermon series called Growing Small: The Mission of the Spirit and the Church in the Book of Acts, exploring what "growing small" looks like through the lens of this book.

  31. Revealed, Given, and Raised

    This Sunday we gather to celebrate our Risen Lord. Jesus is not only revealed and given — he is raised!

  32. Given in Sorrow

    This Sunday, Richard Haney preaches on how Jesus is given in sorrow. As we get closer to Holy Week, we are reflecting more and more on the grief, suffering and sorrow of Jesus.

  33. Given as Shepherd

    This week we will continue to explore what it means that Jesus is given for us by looking at a text from the Gospel of John. John frames this same truth about the substitutionary love of Jesus with a beautiful personal metaphor of shepherd and sheep.

  34. Given as Ransom

    This Sunday, we'll look at Jesus' prediction of his suffering and death as a sacrifice, offered on behalf of others, leading his disciples on the downward path of service and self-giving love.

  35. Given in Covenant Love

    This Sunday is communion Sunday, and we'll celebrate that sacred meal by reflecting on Jesus' institution of the sacrament in Luke 22. What does it truly mean when Jesus says, "This is my body, given for you?"

  36. Given to the Way of the Cross

    This Sunday we are continuing in our series Revealed and Given, but we are now shifting into the "Given" dimension of that statement. This Sunday we'll look at a key passage in the book of Mark that explores Jesus' own understanding of his identity and calling.

  37. Revealed in Glory

    As this weekend brings the final Sunday of Epiphany, we’ll be looking at one of the most significant epiphanies of Jesus in the Gospels: his transfiguration.

  38. Revealed as Liberator

    This Sunday we’re continuing in our Epiphany series, looking at stories that reveal something important about the person of Jesus. We’ll be reflecting this Sunday on Jesus as the liberator of human beings from the power of evil, as demonstrated through the remarkable story of a man named Legion.

  39. Revealed as Healer

    This week we'll be looking at another epiphany of Jesus, his healing of a man with leprosy.

  40. Revealed in His Call

    This week, our students led our congregation in worship and teaching, continuing in our series with Luke 5:27-32.

  41. Revealed as Messiah

    This week, we'll keep pressing into joy as we reflect on Jesus' first sermon in Nazareth.

  42. Revealed as Joy-Bringer

    On Sunday we kicked off a new sermon series : Revealed and Given: A Journey with Jesus through Epiphany and Lent. In the coming weeks, we'll be looking at stories about Jesus from the four Gospels that disclose or reveal something important about Jesus' identity and mission. This Sunday, Rick...

  43. Revealed as the Beloved Son

    This week we are starting a new preaching series that will carry us through winter and spring. We will follow the life of Jesus in two parts, shaped by the rhythm of the liturgical calendar. The series is titled “Revealed & Given,” reflecting the dual movements of Epiphany and Lent — seasons that...

  44. A Suffering Savior

    This weekend, we will join together to proclaim the good news of Christmas alongside our brothers and sisters. Ed Satterfield will be preaching about Jesus as Suffering Savior.

  45. Courage to Wait

    This Sunday, we'll consider one of those prophecies from Isaiah and how Matthew sees it being fulfilled in the life of Joseph and Mary.

  46. Streams in the Desert

    As we draw closer to Christmas, we begin to reflect on the mysteries of the Incarnation, even as we continue to dwell in the darkness of Advent. This Sunday, we'll hold the tension of hope that we remember in Advent, as we claim the promise of renewal even as we look around and see very few signs...

  47. The Judge Who Brings Peace

    This Sunday, we step into the wilderness with John and allow his voice to awaken us, so that we may be ready to receive Christ, the Judge who brings peace.

  48. Advent Begins in the Dark

    This Sunday we begin the Christian year with the first Sunday of Advent! I'm excited to begin this season of waiting together.

  49. The End and the Beginning

    This Sunday we'll look at the final chapter of the book, the moving story of Moses' death.

  50. Deuteronomy Q&A with Chris Wright

    Corey sits down for a conversation with author, Deuteronomy scholar & mission theologian, Rev. Dr. Christopher J. H. Wright. Together, they answer your most pressing questions about this rich and sometimes complicated book.

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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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