by Steve Thomason | Mar 13, 2019 | podcast, sermons2019
This sermon explores the meaning of the word forgiveness. Peter asks Jesus, “How many times should I forgive?” Jesus responds with a parable of a radically generous landowner and terribly selfish slave. How can we be so unforgiving when God is so radically...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 11, 2019 | Bible
We continue our journey through the Gospel of Matthew with the next page of A Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew. Page 14 covers Matthew 19:1-20:34. Jesus has finally left the northern regions and is making his way to Jerusalem, where he will be arrested and...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 8, 2019 | podcast, sermons2019
This sermon follows the Narrative Lectionary and explores Jesus’ Transfiguration in Matthew 17:1-8. How do we overcome the Post Mountain Top Experience? Perhaps it has to do with our expectations about Jesus. I did not write a manuscript for this sermon. Please...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 6, 2019 | Spiritual Formation
Today is Ash Wednesday. This is the official beginning of Lent. Many of us will attend a worship service today where someone will smear black ashes mixed with oil on our forehead and say, “Remember that from dust you came and to dust you will return.” What...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 27, 2019 | Bible
How can we get along in the church? in the world? That’s what Jesus talks about in Matthew 18:1-35. Scholars call this the Community Discourse. Jesus is asked two questions: 1) Who is the greatest? 2) How often should we forgive? Answer: The least is the...
