by Steve Thomason | Oct 3, 2016 | Bible
I’m pleased to announce that the Hart Haus Bible Study on the book of Acts is now available in print on Amazon. This is a 12-week Bible study that walks through the entire book of Acts in 72 daily readings/meditations and 12 illustrations. The Hart Haus series...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 29, 2016 | Personal Updates
It has been a fretful week here in Steve’s Cyber world. My site started acting strangely at the beginning of last week, so I called tech support. Each technician gave me slightly different advice. I upgraded my hosting plan, changed to a different kind...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 25, 2016 | sermons2016
Have you ever looked at your family system and felt shame and/or disappointment? “How is God at work in this mess,” you wonder. This sermon comes from the Narrative Lectionary text, Genesis 37:3-8, 26-34; 50:15-21, and reminds us that, even in...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 23, 2016 | Bible Doodle, Sketches, Visual Preaching
Preview PowerPoint A Cartoonists Guide to Genesis 37-50 | Joseph from Steve Thomason Download PowerPoint and Image Pack The Narrative Lectionary poses us a formidable task this week. It essentially sets us up to tell the entire story of Joseph from Genesis 37-50. Even...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 18, 2016 | sermons2016
God makes an impossible promise to Abram and Sarai. How could they possibly become a great nation when they can’t even have a child? This sermon, from the Narrative Lectionary, explores the nature of trust and how we can trust God when the promise seems...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 16, 2016 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
Download PowerPoint The following images walk through the story of Abram (before he was called Abraham) in Genesis 12-15. I made them for the sermon I will preach this weekend as a way to quickly set the context for Genesis 15:6. Enjoy the...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 13, 2016 | Devos
The text for the upcoming sermon is Genesis 15:1-6. God had made a promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 that he would make his descendants into a great nation and that through that nation all nations would be blessed. Abraham had left everything to follow God’s...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2016 | Devos
I listened to the Home-brewed christianity podcast episode Liberal Christian Piety with Douglas Ottati this morning on my walk. It covered a lot of wonderful topics, but one phrase jumped out at me. Ottati quoted Romans 6:23, “for the wages of sin is death.” “Whose...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 4, 2016 | sermons2016
This is the final sermon in a five part series on the story of Job from the Hebrew Scripture. There are two take-aways from this series. First, we can be honest with God, no matter how we feel. God invites us into authentic relationship. Second, God calls us into the...
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by Steve Thomason | Aug 29, 2016 | Animation, Thketches
https://youtu.be/uXRpBknhljg?rel=0 Ideas often unfold for me while I’m walking. Last Thursday morning this video unfolded in my mind. It has three origins: The final sermon in the series on Job is coming up over Labor Day weekend. The wisdom of Job leads us to...
