by stevethomason | Jan 21, 2019 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
We are Finding Our Way through the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:29) for the next couple of weeks in our preaching at Easter. This passage is like “The Quintessential Jesus According to Matthew.” It records the essence of Jesus’ teaching. I...
by stevethomason | Jan 18, 2019 | Bible
The Hebrew Poetry Unit is now available at The-Faith-Journey.com. This is a continuation of our walk through the entire Hebrew Bible for our Confirmation Program at Easter Lutheran Church. Check out The Bible Project Videos Visit A Cartoonist’s Guide to Hebrew...
by stevethomason | Jan 14, 2019 | Devos
This week we will preach on Matthew 4:1-17. The key text is vv. 1-11 where Jesus is led into the wilderness for 40 days and faces temptation. You can see my visual commentary on it at the Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew. Today, however, I want to share a video...
by stevethomason | Jan 9, 2019 | Devos
Thirty years have passed. The little boys of Matthew chapters 1 and 2 are now grown up. Elizabeth’s son, John, is a wild man, living out in the wilderness, eating locusts and honey, wearing a robe made of camel’s hair. He is preaching a bombastic message...
by stevethomason | Jan 6, 2019 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
Page 6 of The Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew covers Matthew 8:1-9:34. It provides a high speed montage of Jesus’ ministry of healing and power. He heals the marginalized and demonstrates power over the Sea, the demons, and Sin itself. The news of...
by stevethomason | Dec 28, 2018 | Devos
There seems to be an increasing interest in genealogies and ancestry lately. Several companies advertise that you can send in a swab from your cheek and they can tell you what part of the world your ancestors inhabited. This is a helpful trend for those of us...