by Steve Thomason | May 19, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, May 19. Romans 9:30-33. Today’s reading happens right in the middle of a new, sub-argument that Paul is building. He’s been telling the people, in chapters 1-8, that God loves everybody, and that Gentiles are equal with Jews when it comes to...
by Steve Thomason | May 18, 2015 | Personal Updates
I just finished The Mission Table: Renewing Congregation and Community and gave it 5 stars. http://t.co/OSuWebvDyy 08:22:39, 2015-05-12 I just reviewed: 'The Mission Table: Renewing Congregation and Community' via @amazon 08:53:44, 2015-05-12...
by Steve Thomason | May 17, 2015 | Lecture Notes
Brian McLaren gave the second part of his presentation on Saturday at the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly. The title of part 1 was “And the Word became flesh…” The second half was, “…and moved into the neighborhood.” This was, of...
by Steve Thomason | May 16, 2015 | Bible Doodle, Lecture Notes, Visual Preaching
Brian McLaren gave the plenary presentation last night at the Minneapolis Area Synod Assembly. Our theme this year is from The Message version of John 1, “and God became flesh…and moved into the neighborhood.” McLaren did a nice theological...
by Steve Thomason | May 15, 2015 | Bible Doodle, Sermons, Visual Preaching
I’m going to preach Romans 6:1-14 for the Confirmation Service on Sunday (it is the text from the Narrative Lectionary and it is perfect for this event). The theme is Alive in Christ. Here is a sequence of images that help me think through Paul’s argument....