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....
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...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 5, 2015 | Devos
The Journey scripture reading for today is John 5:16-30. It is no wonder the Jewish leaders wanted to kill Jesus. If he actually said publicly what this passage records, then they must have thought he was a crazy man. He makes bold claims to be equal with God the...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 1, 2015 | Devos
The reading schedule for November 1-8, 2015 is now available here. I haven’t been able to keep up the pace of writing a daily devo this semester, but I am committed to creating the daily reading schedule at least. I hope you will invest the time to sit and...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 21, 2015 | Devos
The Journey reading for today is John 3:9-21. It comes at the same time that I am teaching the Torah, and specifically Genesis 2-3 this week in the Beginnings class. What happened to Adam and Eve after they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? When...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 20, 2015 | Devos
The scripture reading for The Journey today is John 3:1-8. I saw something in this passage that I’ve never seen before (after 40+ years of reading this familiar text). Nicodemus says to Jesus, “we know that you are from God.” Then Jesus does not deny...