by Steve Thomason | Nov 13, 2019 | Bible
A visual meditation on Isaiah 5:1-7 and Isaiah 11:1-5. Isaiah compares Judah to a vineyard. It was expected to produce the sweet wine of justice and righteousness, but only produces the wild grapes of bloodshed and caused an outcry of pain. The vintner lets is fall apart. One day, though, a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse who will be a vine that leads with Justice and Righteousness.
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...
