by Steve Thomason | Jan 15, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
This sermon looks at the story of Jesus when he preached in his hometown synagogue. It started out as good news. He is the Messiah. Then things went bad and the people tried to kill him. What changed their minds? Follow the PowerPoint [slideshare...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 13, 2016 | sermons2016
This sermon looks at the story of Isaiah’s call to ministry found in Isaiah 6:1-8. Here we see a cycle of three qualities that are necessary to form us into servants of God. Follow the PowerPoint [slideshare...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 11, 2016 | Sermons
I will preach on Isaiah 6:1-8 this weekend from the Narrative Lectionary. Here are some images that helped me think through the text. This is Isaiah. We don’t know exactly who he was, but it is likely that he was a priest, since he was approaching the temple....
by Steve Thomason | Nov 8, 2016 | Devos
The election is raging across the country as I write this blog post. I have the Google election results window open next to my post entry screen, so I can see which color the country will be in the morning as I write these thoughts. The thing that is more interesting...
by Steve Thomason | Nov 17, 2015 | Bible, Law and Gospel
Last week I posted an article called Theology of the Cross. The emphasis in that article was that the Good News of our salvation is that it is not based upon our ability to succeed in being righteous. The Gospel is an unconditional promise of God to restore all...