by Steve Thomason | Apr 10, 2017 | Personal Updates
Grace. Easter. The Final Week/Holy Week/Passion Week. These are familiar terms that all Christians share. Grace is God’s unmerited favor. Easter is the day we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection. The Final Week contains the events that happened between...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 6, 2017 | Theology
Here is the latest theme video from The Bible Project. I would recommend listening to their podcasts to supplement this short...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 2, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
Jesus said to Zacchaeus, “Today, Salvation has come this house.” What does that mean? How can there be salvation before Jesus died on the cross? This sermon reframes the Zacchaeus story in a missional imagination. View the PowerPoint [slideshare...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 30, 2017 | Bible
I wonder if Zacchaeus was a person of peace. Jesus looked up into the tree and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today. (Luke 19:5)” I wonder why. There were lots of people in Jericho that day. So many people, in fact, that they...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 28, 2017 | Devos
Two readings converged on me this morning. The first was from Luke 18:31-19:10, because I will preach on the story of Zacchaeus this week. The second is from John 1:1-5 and Richard Rohr’s meditation in which Rohr provides an alternate translation. The first...
