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by Steve Thomason | Sep 17, 2014 | Bible
Join Pastor Steve as we take ONE BIG DAY to learn the ONE BIG STORY of the Bible. October 11, 2014 | 9am – 3pm (lunch included) | Grace Lutheran Church, Andover It doesn’t matter if you’ve never read the Bible before, or if you’ve studied it...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 17, 2014 | Devos
One of the many reasons that I believe the Bible is true is because it isn’t afraid to display all the ugly warts of the family tree. Think about it. If you were making up a story about how your family was the “chosen one” that God loved more than...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2014 | Devos
How do you handle the unknown? Are you the type that likes to explore unknown places and experiences? Or, are you the type that likes to hunker down in safe, familiar places and build walls of protection around yourself? In Genesis 11:1-9 we see that the people of the...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2014 | sermons2014
listen to the audio CLICK TO LISTEN This has been one of the wettest years on record here in Minnesota. Do you remember how much it rained at the end of May? On one particular Saturday night it poured and poured and my sump pump would not stop pumping water, until it...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2014 | Devos
Do you ever get overwhelmed by how many people there are in the world? You get on the bus and people are crammed three to a seat. You walk down the hall and all you can see are bodies moving like a massive wave. You drive on the highway and there is a constant flow of...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 9, 2014 | Devos
This is a reminder that you can find the daily Bible Readings here. Warning: Today’s reading and tomorrow’s reading are genealogies. That means they are long lists of names that trace the family line of Noah’s sons. Not really exciting stuff. So,...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 5, 2014 | sermons2014
I love superheroes. On the count of three, I want everyone to say the name of your favorite superhero. Got it? One. Two. Three. The truth is that we like heroes of all kinds; The super ones, and the real ones. I had a conversation with some of our high school students...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 5, 2014 | Devos
We finish the story of Ruth today. Read Ruth 4:7-22. Let’s be honest. This story doesn’t make much sense to us in our culture. In fact, it can be quite offensive to women. What woman wants to identify with a story in which a woman has to sell herself to a...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 4, 2014 | Devos
It’s easy to do the right thing when it is…easy, right? Let’s say you’re driving around town and you come to a stop light right next to that guy who is begging for food on the corner. It is easy to give him something to eat if you’ve just...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 3, 2014 | Suburban Studies
The Deep in the Burbs Research Project is a story of a particular place in Midwest suburbia. It was necessary to pursue this research in a specific location, through participatory action research within three neighboring congregations, because it is my assumption that...
