by Steve Thomason | Mar 26, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
View the PowerPoint [slideshare id=73673613&doc=agreatchasmsermonslides-170326222824] Read the Manuscript Marley was dead, to begin with. Old Marley was as dead as a doornail. These are the opening lines to what classic story? A Christmas Carol. My favorite...
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by Steve Thomason | Mar 23, 2017 | Devos
The daily reading for today is Proverbs 21:1-5, The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. 2 All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the heart. 3 To do righteousness and justice is more...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 17, 2017 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
The Narrative Lectionary calls for Luke 15 this week. It is the triad story of lost and found things and how God likes to party when the lost is found. Below are some pictures that I drew for this story last year. First, there is a story behind these pictures that you...
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by Steve Thomason | Mar 13, 2017 | Personal Updates
The phrase “following the cloud” is more than a tagline for my blog. It is how I try to live my life. I adopted this phrase many years ago when I was teaching the Bible A-Z class at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. I observed how God leads...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 11, 2017 | Devos
A strange confluence of reading happened this morning. It is strange for two reasons. First, because I read the wrong passage in Luke. The sleep must have been caked a little heavier than usual this morning, and I accidentally read the passage for next Saturday in...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 10, 2017 | Devos
Today’s reading is from Luke 12:35-48. It is the little collection of parables clustered around the theme of a master who has gone away and how the servants must be watchful stewards. I read Justo Gonzalez’s commentary and found it fascinating. He speaks...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 9, 2017 | Animation
Special thanks to my son, Ethan, for being the sound engineer on...
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by Steve Thomason | Mar 8, 2017 | Theology
Tim Mackie and Jon Collins from the Bible Project are currently discussing the Holy Spirit on their podcast. This is in preparation for a new Theme Video on the Spirit, coming out soon. I listened to Part 1 and Part 2 yesterday and today and LOVED THEM. I encourage...
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by Steve Thomason | Mar 7, 2017 | Personal Updates
I blog because I love to do it. Period. I’ve been doing it in one form or another for over 10 years. A little over two years ago I added a plugin to my WordPress site called MailPoet. It allows me to send a newsletter directly from my WordPress dashboard. It is...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 6, 2017 | The Trinity
A group of high school students meets in my house every Tuesday night. It is not the same group of students from week to week, but, I believe it is the group of students that God wants to be there on any given week. Two weeks ago a student showed up that hadn’t...
