Sep 24, 2017
Jim Somerville: "None of [this] squares with our understanding of how things work. We have learned that a day's work equals a day's pay, and we have assumed that when God finally pays up, those of us who have worked the hardest will get the most. Not so. If this parable teaches us anything, it teaches us that there's no...
Sep 17, 2017
Dr. Jim Somerville's "Talkback" from Sunday, September 17, 2017. In this visit with the Bethany class, topics include racial justice, reincarnation, purgatory, and the existence of miracles.
Sep 17, 2017
Jim Somerville: "The more I've thought about [injustice], the more I've realized that you could fix every broken thing out there, in the world, without fixing what's broken in here, in the heart. There is an undeniable power in the act of forgiveness. In some ways it is even stronger than the power of justice..."
Sep 10, 2017
Jim Somerville: "I want you to think for a moment about where Jesus did his ministry. He didn't build a church, and put in pews, and hold services on Sunday morning, and take up an offering. He went out there where the people are, and he met them on their own terms. If they were sick, he healed them. If they...