by Steve Thomason | Nov 17, 2015 | Bible, Law and Gospel
Last week I posted an article called Theology of the Cross. The emphasis in that article was that the Good News of our salvation is that it is not based upon our ability to succeed in being righteous. The Gospel is an unconditional promise of God to restore all...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 13, 2015 | Devos
Every Sunday, in the traditional liturgical services, we sing the Gospel Acclamation right before the Gospel text is read. Why do we do this? Today’s reading in The Journey is the source of that text. The reading is John 6:60-71. Many of Jesus’ disciples...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 12, 2015 | Devos
The Journey Scripture reading for today is John 6:16-59. Jesus told the people that he is the bread from Heaven, and that his followers must eat his flesh. Ew. That’s just gross, and weird. Are Christians cannibals? Of course not. Yet, just so you know, they...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 10, 2015 | Devos
There is great irony in today’s reading for the Journey. In John 6:1-15 Jesus feeds the 5,000 people. They were hungry and angry at the current political situation for letting them be hungry. That means they were also hungry for a new leader who would get rid of...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 9, 2015 | Devos
How far will God go to rescue us when we turn away from God? Will God remain faithful in the midst of our unfaithfulness? Those are the big questions during this season of our daily readings. The daily Bible reading schedule for November 9-15 has been updated here....
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by Steve Thomason | Nov 7, 2015 | Bible
Does the Bible seem like an intimidating book that is either irrelevant to our society or a tool for self-righteous people to beat others over the head? As a pastor and Christian teacher, the Bible is very important to me. Yet, I realize that many people that I teach...
