by SteveT2018 | May 8, 2019 | Bible
The church has always been a multicultural, Spirit-led, cultural-boundary-breaking activity. We see that clearly in this week’s text, Acts 13:1-3, 14:8-18. The Spirit calls Barnabus and Saul/Paul to set sail toward the Gentiles with witness to the Good News of...
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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...
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by SteveT2018 | Aug 7, 2018 | Devos
The nation watches in horror as wildfires rage across California. “Why would God let this happen?” many ask. Here is something we must keep in mind. Forest fires are a natural process that cleans out the dead wood and unlocks the next generation of trees....
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by SteveT2018 | Jul 24, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon continues the Alive Series taken from Brian McLaren’s book We Make the Road by Walking. We cannot say that God is love or that we love God without recognizing that the love of God is the love for neighbor. The story of Peter and Cornelius in Acts...
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by SteveT2018 | Jun 27, 2018 | Devos
Our sermon this weekend is part of the Alive Series and is based on Brian McLaren’s book We Make the Road by Walking, specifically chapter 43. It is titled Spirit of Love: Loving Neighbor. The chapter is so good that I decided to create a visual outline of it to...
