by Steve Thomason | Apr 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
2 Samuel 24:1-25 If you have read this chapter carefully you are probably scratching your head and asking, “If God asked David to take the census, then why does he get mad at him?” Part of the answer to that question can be found in the parallel passage in...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we are going to look at the aftermath of David’s sin. We are going to look at “the Morning After” a night of unbridled sin. An interesting way to observe how a sinful human system affects a community is to do a study on specific individuals in the...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
Here is another recurring theme in our devotionals. Hosea said it best in Hosea 8:7, “they sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.” Our behavior has consequences. When we sow to the Spirit and yield ourselves to God’s will, then the fruit of the Spirit will...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
2 Samuel 7:8-16; 11:1-12:25 The most glaring and obvious question for today is, “How can a man who was so close to God that God would make an eternal promise with him plummet so quickly into the depths of such blatant sin?” The answer to this important...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 3, 2010 | sermons2010
Easter Vigil 2010View more presentations from Spot Studios, Grace Lutheran – Andover, MN. Saturday. Nobody was expecting Saturday. They hadn’t signed up for this. Three years earlier Peter, James, and John had been fishermen in Galillee. They were probably your...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
2 Samuel 3:30-32 I was recently reading about the formation of the United States of America. One of the big debates the newly formed Senate had, believe it or not, was how to address their new leader, George Washington. Should it be “His Excellency” or...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 28:4-20; 30:1-31 When life throws difficult circumstances your way, where do you turn for wisdom and direction? Hopefully, as a follower of Jesus, your automatic answer to that question would be that you turn to God in prayer. You reach out to God for help....
by Steve Thomason | Mar 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 24:1-6; 25:32-34; 26:9-11 When someone cuts you off in traffic, what do you want to do? When you get passed over for a job that you worked hard to get and for which you were perfectly qualified, how do you feel? When someone hurts your child, what do you want...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 30, 2010 | News
by Steve Thomason | Mar 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
1 Samuel 18:1-16; 20:1-42 Imagine that you are the CEO of a company. You enjoy the power and the perks of being at the top. Then along comes a young recruit who is rising quickly up the ranks of the company. You start hearing his name mentioned quite often at the...
