by Steve Thomason | Apr 28, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, April 28. Acts 13:13-25. Here is an important lesson for Christians to remember. Jesus did not come to start a new religion. He was Jewish and never asked anyone to stop being Jewish. The Good News of Jesus is first, and foremost, a Jewish story. It is also...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 25, 2015 | Personal Journal
My thesis advisor returned the third revision of my dissertation to me last Saturday. She said I had two options. (1) If I am really tired of working on this paper, then I should turn it in. In her opinion it is defensible and should pass. (That’s good news)...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 24, 2015 | Devos
Friday, April 24. Acts 12:1-19. This is a repost from the Acts study. Sometimes good people die. One of the greatest unanswered questions in the scripture has to do with the death of James. Why did he die when Peter was spared? Why was his death glossed over when...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 23, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, April 23. Acts 11:19-30. This is a repost from the Acts study. Society longs to have a center. It needs to have a place from which and to which all ideas flow. For the Roman Empire it was the city of Rome that lay at the center of its people. For centuries...