by Steve Thomason | Sep 13, 2016 | Devos
The text for the upcoming sermon is Genesis 15:1-6. God had made a promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3 that he would make his descendants into a great nation and that through that nation all nations would be blessed. Abraham had left everything to follow God’s...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 10, 2016 | Devos
I listened to the Home-brewed christianity podcast episode Liberal Christian Piety with Douglas Ottati this morning on my walk. It covered a lot of wonderful topics, but one phrase jumped out at me. Ottati quoted Romans 6:23, “for the wages of sin is death.” “Whose...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 25, 2016 | Devos, postfoundational
Richard Rohr’s meditations on paradox have been especially helpful for me this week. My Facebook friends know that I’ve been sharing them all week (see below). They have spoken to me for many reasons. One reason is related to the current sermon series on...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 19, 2016 | Devos
Galatians 5 has been rattling around in my brain all week. I mentioned in my that I feel compelled to discuss the phases of the spiritual Journey in the sermon this weekend. Part of that process is to focus on the “works of the flesh” that Paul lists in...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 16, 2016 | Devos
Today I find myself standing between the second and third weeks of a five-part sermon series on the book of Job. Last week we focused on the conversations that Job had with Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. They wrongfully accused him of sin, because that was their only...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 14, 2016 | Animation, Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
Learn more about my life verse here. For the art technical geek, here’s how I made the video. This is a very quick painting that I did in Corel Painter 2016. I use a Wacom Intuous 4 digital tablet to paint. I used Quicktime screen capture to record the painting...