by Steve Thomason | Oct 25, 2010 | Devos
Read John 1:1-18 Read vv. 16-17 again. What if you read it this way, “Because God is so gracious, He has given us many blessings, one after the other. The first blessing was the Law, which came through Moses. The second blessing was Jesus Christ, who brought grace and...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 25, 2010 | Spiritual Formation, Youth Ministry
There is a blessing and curse associated with every personality type. I’m an artist/thinker type of a person. The blessing of this personality is that I am usually bristling with ideas and my mind is running on overdrive most of the time. When I am...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 23, 2010 | Devos
Luke 18:31-19:27 The Hero of Luke’s Gospel did indeed come to establish a new Kingdom on Earth, but it was not at all the type of kingdom the people of Israel were expecting. While the stories of this passage may be very familiar to many people, (the blind man healed,...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 23, 2010 | Devos
Luke 17:1-10 Jesus’ teaching about the Kingdom of God in the Gospel of Luke is very harsh and confrontational. We like to hear about the kind, gentle Jesus who just wants everyone to be “happy.” That Jesus isn’t present in Luke’s Gospel. Luke’s Jesus has a point to...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 23, 2010 | Illustration, Sketches
