by Steve Thomason | Apr 30, 2017 | Personal Updates
This was a special day. Grace Lutheran Church held a farewell for me, and it was beautiful. The Fellowship Hall was decorated with love, a spread of cookies, cakes and fruit, and each table was centered with a pile of Almond Joy candy-bars to send me off with JOY! I...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 10, 2017 | Personal Updates
Grace. Easter. The Final Week/Holy Week/Passion Week. These are familiar terms that all Christians share. Grace is God’s unmerited favor. Easter is the day we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. The Final Week contains the events that happened between...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 19, 2016 | Devos
Galatians 5 has been rattling around in my brain all week. I mentioned in my that I feel compelled to discuss the phases of the spiritual Journey in the sermon this weekend. Part of that process is to focus on the “works of the flesh” that Paul lists in...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 17, 2015 | Bible, Law and Gospel
Last week I posted an article called Theology of the Cross. The emphasis in that article was that the Good News of our salvation is that it is not based upon our ability to succeed in being righteous. The Gospel is an unconditional promise of God to restore all...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2015 | Law and Gospel, Lecture Notes
The Law and Gospel class began on Wednesday. I am the TA for this class and feel privileged to sit in with this fine group of students to hear two masters teach us. I intend to post my visual notes each week. (I’ll be out of town next...
