by Steve Thomason | Sep 14, 2020 | Bible, Illustration
Download PowerPoint and Image Pack The Narrative Lectionary takes us to Genesis 15:1-6 this week. Abram begins to doubt God’s promise. God asks him to count the stars. That’s how many children Abram and Sarai will have. Abram believed God...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 15, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
This sermon looks at the story of Jesus when he preached in his hometown synagogue. It started out as good news. He is the Messiah. Then things went bad and the people tried to kill him. What changed their minds? Follow the PowerPoint [slideshare...
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by Steve Thomason | Dec 22, 2016 | Devos
The scheduled reading for today is Luke 1:57-66. It tells the story of John the Baptist’s birth and the controversy over his name. The people assumed he would be called Zechariah, after his father (imagine a guy named Jr. baptizing people in the desert?). His...
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by Steve Thomason | Nov 21, 2016 | Bible Doodle, Devos, Visual Preaching
Do you ever feel like you are stuck in a hopeless situation? Many millennials feel trapped by the fact that a college education is so expensive that, even if they get one, they will be so buried under debt that they will never get out. What’s the point? Many...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 25, 2016 | sermons2016
Have you ever looked at your family system and felt shame and/or disappointment? “How is God at work in this mess,” you wonder. This sermon comes from the Narrative Lectionary text, Genesis 37:3-8, 26-34; 50:15-21, and reminds us that, even in...
