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by Steve Thomason | Jun 13, 2016 | Devos
The nation watches in horror as families pick up the pieces in the wake of the Orlando shooting. One of the big questions buzzing around asks whether it was a hate crime against the LGBTQ community or an act of terrorism from ISIL against the USA. Either way, it is a...
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by Steve Thomason | Jun 1, 2016 | Devos
It is graduation season and many young people are contemplating (and freaking out about) the next steps in their lives. Last night I had the privilege to speak at the Baccalaureate service for the high school from which I graduated. This is the transcript from that...
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by Steve Thomason | May 26, 2016 | Devos
When do you forgive and when do you drop the justice hammer? Our text for this week is 2 Corinthians 2:1-11. The apostle Paul had written a harsh letter to the church in Corinth regarding a man who had done something wrong. The church was ignoring it and Paul told...
by Steve Thomason | May 12, 2016 | Devos
I want to make a bold claim. You can’t be spiritual without being religious. I make this claim based upon two things. First, the term religion comes from the Latin term ligare which means connected. It is the root of the term ligament (the connective tissue in...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 25, 2016 | Devos
1 Corinthians is a letter written by the apostle Paul to a contentious people. He spends much of the letter correcting their negative and destructive behavior. Yet, here in 1 Corinthians 13, nestled in the middle of the constant correctives to chaotic Corinthians...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 11, 2016 | Devos
The Journey reading for today led me to read Acts 13-14. It was a big chunk to read, but by reading this whole text it reminded me of a very important part of the Gospel. Context is everything. Chapters 13 and 14 record Paul’s first missionary journey. It is...
