by Steve Thomason | Feb 26, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
https://media.blubrry.com/stevethomason/p/www.stevethomason.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sermon-Where-Glory-Dwells.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | Email | RSS | More Where Glory Dwells? from Steve Thomason This sermon explores the idea...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 24, 2017 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
This is my visual commentary on the The Narrative Lectionary text Luke 9:28-45 for this weekend. It is Transfiguration Sunday. I think it is helpful to expand the reading to begin with Luke 9:21 so that we can see how the story of the transfiguration is bookended by...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 22, 2017 | Bible
The Narrative Lectionary this week brings us to the story of Jesus’ transfiguration in Luke 9:28-45. In today’s post, I want to look back at things I’ve drawn and written about this event over the past few years and describe the evolution of the...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 19, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
This sermon explores the story of Simon’s dinner party in Luke 7:36-50. Why was the woman considered a sinner? How should we deal with labels in our society, and who is welcome at the table? Watch the Video View the PowerPoint [slideshare...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 19, 2017 | Devos
Sunday mornings always deliver a treat into my inbox with the delivery of my subscription to Maria Popova’s Brain Pickings. This morning I read her review of Hannah Arendt’s piece titled Eichmann in Jerusalem where she discusses Banality of...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 17, 2017 | Devos
The text for this week’s sermon is Luke 7:36-50 from the Narrative Lectionary. Here is my visual commentary of the passage. Enjoy. (download the PowerPoint HERE) This is an awkward situation. A man who considers himself righteous because he obeys the Law of...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 15, 2017 | Devos
The text for this week’s sermon is Luke 7:36-50 from the Narrative Lectionary. The story tells of a moment when Jesus was invited to a dinner party at a Pharisee’s house and a “sinner” barged into the party. The way Jesus handles both the...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 10, 2017 | Devos
Have you ever had your hopes deflated by unrealized expectations? You think one thing is going to happen, and then you get blindsided by something that sends you into a tail spin. How do you respond? How do you feel and think about God in that moment? How do you move...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 6, 2017 | Caricatures
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by Steve Thomason | Feb 3, 2017 | Bible
This video offers commentary that fills the gap between the Narrative Lectionary text in Luke 6:1-16 and the text in Luke 7:1-11. Luke 6 tells of how Jesus “came down the mountain” and “stood on a level place” to present his core teaching. This...