by Steve Thomason | Sep 13, 2018 | Spiritual Formation
This week we focus on the fact that the Deep Life is like a Journey. Everyone is somewhere on their spiritual journey. Our key text for this week is Colossians 2:6-7. (see more on Colossians here). We looked at this text during the summer. Here it is annotated: Do you...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 12, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This is the introductory sermon to the series A Deep Life and looks at Psalm 1:1-3 and John 15:1-5. We live in a busy world that pulls us in many directions. A Deep Life is one that takes a breath and sinks roots deeply into the Love of God, through Jesus Christ, in...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
Why is there so much violence done in Jesus’ name? Much of it comes from a misunderstanding of the metaphors found in the biblical book called the Revelation. This sermon revisits Revelation and demonstrates how the first and second coming of Jesus don’t...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 7, 2018 | Spiritual Formation, Suburban Studies
I’ve been wrestling with the first sermon in our new series A Deep Life all day. My problem is that I have SO MUCH to say that I’m afraid a) I will overwhelm people, and b) it will go too long. I am so excited about this series, because it hits the core of...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 6, 2018 | Spiritual Formation
What does it mean to have a Deep Life? Meditate on this image for a while. What do you see? How is each figure related to the ocean? There are five figures in this image. Each one has a relationship with the ocean. Each relationship is good and valid. Yet, each one...