Mike Hubbard

Over the past two millennia scholars have wrestled with the Bible only to produce Christian theology that has much the same effect on their reader’s lives as a term paper on Hamlet. Thomas Murray Richmond III isn’t one of them. When Richmond wrestles with the word, insight leads to transformation, or, in his words “faith should be able to sustain us, not oppress us.” These twenty sermons offer the reader/hearer a toehold, so to speak—something to stand on when personal change is called for, when faith wavers, when comfort seems beyond reach. In his sermons, cultural icons rub shoulders with Biblical passages, resulting in relevancy firmly tied to the here and now. This is approachable theology, devoid of the complex, and often abstract ideas that challenge the mind, but leave the soul hungry. Join Richmond on this wrestling mat only if you are ready to be spiritually challenged, to have your faith affirmed, and your life changed. Enjoy the match.