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 teeteringĀ on the top of a crumbling foundation. The headline read “The Danger of Compromise.” I...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 8, 2014 | Bible Doodle, sermons2014, Visual Preaching
john-19-sermon-slidesfrom Steve Thomason Narrative Lectionary Text: John 19:1-16a Do you ever find yourself caught between a rock and a hard place? Do you ever find yourself caught in a situation where, no matter what decision you make, you feel like you are going to...
by Steve Thomason | Apr 7, 2014 | Bible, Books - Trinity, Spiritual Formation, The Trinity
Welker, Michael. God the Spirit. 1st English-language ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1994. The Author – Michael Welker Welker is the Director of the Research Center for International and Interdisciplinary Theology at the University of Heidelberg. This book has...