by Steve Thomason | Feb 3, 2014 | Animation, Bible, Theology
Last summer Kristin Anderson contacted me and connected me with Jeannine Brown, a professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary. Jeannine has taught hermeneutics for a while and had put together a live presentation that incorporated real people in real time to...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 3, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, Youth Ministry
The questions seemed confusing and cumbersome at first, to be honest. But then, something happened. We wrestled with understanding the words at first, and as the conversation continued, the questions unfurled. They were like hard cubes of sugar that splashed awkwardly...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 28, 2014 | Spiritual Formation, The Missional Church, The Trinity
Mike Breen wrote an article at The Verge Network titled Why the Missional Movement Will Fail. His answer boiled down to one word: discipleship. I couldn’t agree with him more. However, as I read his follow up article–Why the Missional Movement Will Fail...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 25, 2014 | Animation
PHD Comics does for science what I do and want to do more of for theology. Check out this video. I absolutely love it. Math and science usually bounces off of my thick skull, but I actually understand this, thanks to the amazing cartoons....
by Steve Thomason | Jan 24, 2014 | Cognitive Development and the Evolving Self, Spiritual Formation, The Trinity
Personhood and the notion of self is an important topic in my research, both in regard to the Trinity and to spiritual formation. During my search for resources on the self and personhood I discovered this article from Pannenberg, but also discovered that it has never...