by Steve Thomason | Sep 11, 2015 | Law and Gospel, Lecture Notes
The Law and Gospel class began on Wednesday. I am the TA for this class and feel privileged to sit in with this fine group of students to hear two masters teach us. I intend to post my visual notes each week. (I’ll be out of town next...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 7, 2015 | sermons2015, The Missional Church
This is the fourth and final sermon in our series on Tough Questions. What is the Big Deal about Church? In an age when more and more people choose to disengage from organized religion and would rather be considered spiritual, but not religious, how should we think...
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by Steve Thomason | Aug 21, 2015 | Theology
Be honest. What is the first thought or feeling that comes to you when you hear the word theology? Does it conjure up images of crusty old German men using big words? Does it evoke fear of condemnation from holier-than-thou Bible thumpers? If so, that is unfortunate....
by Steve Thomason | Aug 14, 2015 | Theology
The new sermon series on Tough Questions begins this weekend. The congregation took the month of June to turn in questions that they would like to have addressed in a sermon. We compiled them and came up with four biggies. This weekend I will be wrestling with one of...
by Steve Thomason | Aug 9, 2015 | postfoundational, Theology
Labels are a necessary evil. On the one hand, we need them. I am very thankful when a bottle is labeled “poison” for example. That label can save lives. Yet, labels are more often harmful when applied to people. Labels reduce people to abstract ideas and...
by Steve Thomason | Jul 9, 2015 | Theology
The Narrative Lectionary is committed to helping congregations work through the grand story of the Bible in chronological order during the months of September – May. Then, in the summer, it takes a break and looks at the non-narrative pieces of the Bible. In...
