by stevethomason | Feb 11, 2019 | podcast, sermons2019
https://media.blubrry.com/stevethomason/p/www.stevethomason.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Pastor-Steve-Thomason-2-10-2019-Easter-by-the-Lake.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | Email | RSS | More This sermon continues our series Finding Our...
by stevethomason | Feb 9, 2019 | Bible
Jesus concludes the Sermon on the Mount with a series of interesting images in Matthew 7:1-11. He warns the listener not to judge. Matthew 7:1–5 (NRSV) 1 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged. 2 For with the judgment you make you will be judged, and the measure...
by stevethomason | Feb 1, 2019 | Bible
The Bible Project continues to produce quality animations that provide an accessible overview of each book of the Bible and major Biblical Themes. They released the final video in a series on Luke-Acts. This release inspired me to put the final touches on my own...
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by stevethomason | Jan 30, 2019 | Technology for Academics
This week is a highlighter week for me each year. I have the privilege of co-teaching the Missional Leadership Course with Dr. Terri Elton in the Doctor of Ministry Program at Luther Seminary. This is an intensive week of collaborative learning with pastors and...
by stevethomason | Jan 24, 2019 | podcast, sermons2019
Jesus begins his ministry in the wilderness. It is a space where everything is stripped away and we find our true identity, and our true belonging. This sermon explores how we must experience the wilderness in order to love our neighbor as ourself. See Page 3 of A...
by stevethomason | Jan 23, 2019 | ministry
Should a pastor be an artist? Can a pastor be a cartoonist (is cartooning even art)? Isn’t a pastor’s job to focus on the people and the business of a congregation? There are hurting people to visit in the hospital, a neighborhood to engage, meetings and staff to...
by stevethomason | Jan 21, 2019 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
We are Finding Our Way through the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:29) for the next couple of weeks in our preaching at Easter. This passage is like “The Quintessential Jesus According to Matthew.” It records the essence of Jesus’ teaching. I...
by stevethomason | Jan 18, 2019 | Bible
The Hebrew Poetry Unit is now available at The-Faith-Journey.com. This is a continuation of our walk through the entire Hebrew Bible for our Confirmation Program at Easter Lutheran Church. Check out The Bible Project Videos Visit A Cartoonist’s Guide to Hebrew...
by stevethomason | Jan 14, 2019 | Devos
This week we will preach on Matthew 4:1-17. The key text is vv. 1-11 where Jesus is led into the wilderness for 40 days and faces temptation. You can see my visual commentary on it at the Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew. Today, however, I want to share a video...
by stevethomason | Jan 9, 2019 | Devos
Thirty years have passed. The little boys of Matthew chapters 1 and 2 are now grown up. Elizabeth’s son, John, is a wild man, living out in the wilderness, eating locusts and honey, wearing a robe made of camel’s hair. He is preaching a bombastic message...
