by Steve Thomason | May 11, 2012 | Spiritual Formation, Theology
The paper is turned in. All that is left is a three-hour conversation/final exam on Tuesday afternoon. Now I can start writing the 30-page paper for Missiology that is due next Friday! Check out my bibliography for this paper. The topic of the paper is the role of the...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 3, 2012 | Theology
Dr. Simpson gave us his “Descartes 101” lecture yesterday. Great stuff. It is no wonder that rationalism rose to supremacy when you consider the fact that 20 million people died in the Thirty Years War. The thinkers of Europe said, “thanks, but you...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 24, 2012 | Theology
Dr. Simpson gave a great lecture on Plato, Artistotle, and Plotinus today. Here are my notes.
by Steve Thomason | Feb 13, 2012 | ministry, Theology
When any Christian community becomes preoccupied with self-existence (rather than missional existence) and with power (rather than self-emptying), the Christian identity wanes. Christian history, like the history of Israel, is both the tale of God’s cruciform...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 17, 2012 | Sketches, Theology
I scanned a page from my class journal and included it in a paper I presented this morning. Thought I would run it through Prezi to what it’s like. There is potential here, me thinks… Newbigin Chart on...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 12, 2012 | ministry, Spiritual Formation, Theology
Last night I taught our catechism students about the Sacrament of Baptism. It was a fun night full of “baptized cucumbers” and water flying everywhere (middle school, remember). I pieced together two clips from one of my favorite movies—The...
