by Steve Thomason | Dec 30, 2015 | sermons2015
Managing Fear and Doubt | A Sermon for Advent 4 from Steve Thomason How does Zechariah react to God’s good news in Luke 1:5-25, 67-80? Fear and doubt. This sermon offers advice on managing the conjoined twins of fear and doubt. Read the Sermon Do you recognize...
by Steve Thomason | Dec 4, 2015 | sermons2015, Spiritual Formation
This sermon is for the first week of Advent. It is the story of Josiah found in 2 Kings 22:1-10, 23:1-5 from the Narrative Lectionary. Josiah is confronted with the Word of God and it leads to a national reformation project. How, then, can we make scripture the center...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 23, 2015 | sermons2015
A sermon for Christ the King Sunday from the Narrative Lectionary text Isaiah 5:1-7; 11:1-5. What does God do when God’s children continually rebel and turn to self-destructive behavior? How do we balance Law and Grace in our lives and in our violent world?...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 4, 2015 | sermons2015
This sermon begins our focus on Service for this month. We continue in the Narrative Lectionary with the story of Rehoboam and how his pride and greed destroyed the nation. He denied the invitation to become a servant leader of the people. Sermon Slides [slideshare...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 23, 2015 | sermons2015
This sermon is the third in a series on vocation. We see, in the story of Ruth, how God calls us to befriend those who are in a hopeless situation. Narrative Lectionary Text: Ruth 1:1-17 Sermon Manuscript Fun fact. The name Ruth means friend. To be ruthless means to...
by Steve Thomason | Oct 12, 2015 | Law and Gospel, sermons2015
This is the second sermon in a series on Vocation. It is also the next installment of the Narrative Lectionary text that takes us to Deuteronomy 5 and 6. This sermon explores how the Law and Promise provide the Key in which to play out God’s vocation in our...