by Steve Thomason | Jul 28, 2014 | Bible, The Trinity
The Trinity is a key frame to my research and to the posing of the question. I will elaborate on my Trinitarian perspective later. For now, it is necessary to establish a Trinitarian understanding of the Word of God and how it is manifested in each mode of the Word. I...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 10, 2014 | Bible, Personal Journal, The Trinity
“My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 30, 2014 | Bible, Personal Journal, The Trinity
The following is the manuscript from a sermon I wrote for this past weekend. I preached it at the Saturday night service and it did not go well as a spoken sermon. This is due partly to the fact that I didn’t follow my manuscript well and the projectionist got...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 9, 2014 | Bible, Personal Journal, The Trinity
Spirit of pentecost sermon slides Acts 2:1-21 from Steve Thomason When you’re a hammer, everything is a nail. I’ve heard that expression used to describe how teachers can manipulate any text to fit their own theological agenda. I have to admit that the...
by Steve Thomason | Jun 3, 2014 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
I will be preaching about Pentecost this weekend. The two texts are Acts 2:1-21 and Philippians 4:4-7. The passages don’t normally go together, but the Narrative Lectionary has taken us into Philippians for the past two weeks and then jerked us all the way back...
by Steve Thomason | May 3, 2014 | Bible, Personal Journal, The Missional Church, The Trinity
Someone recently handed me an issue of Decision magazine (May 2014). The front cover had a picture of a yellow warning sign with a graphic of a church that was teetering on the top of a crumbling foundation. The headline read “The Danger of Compromise.” I...
