by Steve Thomason | Mar 26, 2026 | Bible
Holy Week, or The Passion of Christ, is the time we walk through the last days of Jesus. We move from Palm Sunday, when the crowds shout “Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord,” to Good Friday, when the crowds shout, “Crucify him! We have no king but Caesar!” to Easter Sunday when the disciples shout, “He is risen, Alleluia!”
In this video I walk through The Art Pastor’s Guide to Holy Week where I have compiled the visual resources from all four Gospels from A Cartoonist’s Guide to the Bible into one easy to navigate web page. Use these resources for your own study, teaching, and preaching.
by Steve Thomason | Mar 23, 2026 | Bible, Theology
This image was inspired by Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan as they offer a hypothetical scene in their 2006 book The Last Week,
Two processions entered Jerusalem on a spring day in the year 30. . . One was a peasant procession, the other an imperial procession. From the east, Jesus rode a donkey down the Mouth of Olives, cheered by his followers. . . On the opposite side of the city, from the west, Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Idumea, Judea, and Samaria, entered Jerusalem at the head of a column of imperial calvary and soldiers.
Jesus’s procession proclaimed the kingdom of God; Pilate’s proclaimed the power of empire.
by Steve Thomason | Mar 16, 2026 | Devos
Jesus encounters Martha, Mary, and Lazarus in John 11. He meets them each where they are, and shows us how God brings healing to our mind, our heart/spirit, and our body.
by Steve Thomason | Mar 7, 2026 | Adult Learning, The Missional Church, Visual Preaching
I had the great joy of teaching a three-day intensive class last weekend at Luther Seminary. We call this RFS (Residential Focus Session). A full credit masters course requires 40 hours of instructor-led class time. The RFS gathers distributed learners (DLs) from...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 20, 2026 | Personal Updates
This is the sermon I preached on Ash Wednesday at Luther Seminary, Feb. 18, 2026. Remember that you are a beloved clump of dirt, filled with the breath of God.
