by Steve Thomason | Dec 2, 2017 | Art
If you have spent any time around my blog or in earshot of my teaching ministry, then you know that I geek out about the Trinity. The Social Trinity was the theological underpinning of my dissertation. (Geek out here) So, of course, the Trinity wove its way into my...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 30, 2017 | Devos, postfoundational, Suburban Studies, The Missional Church
Two terms have played an important role for me in discussing the church. The first term was important for me during the season in which we experimented with house churches. It was during that time that I realized I was swimming in the Emerging Church conversation. The...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 28, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
This is the first sermon in a four-part series called Advent Conspiracy. The texts are Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Philippians 2:9-11, Luke 1:39-55. The first step in overcoming the consumerism of this season is to focus our hearts on the presence of God. [slideshare...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 27, 2017 | Devos
Spend Less. That is the simple message of our second week in the Advent Conspiracy. Do we really need to give so many gifts to our children? Should we ever go into debt in order to give gifts? Read our three texts for the week Micah 6:6-8, Ephesians 1:15-23, Matthew...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 24, 2017 | Devos
Conspiracy is a strange word to associate with Advent, isn’t it? The word has a subversive undertone. Exactly. We will join a growing movement at Easter this Advent that seeks to undermine the rampant consumerism that has overtaken the season and attempt to focus on...
