by Steve Thomason | Mar 22, 2018 | Bible
We had a wonderful privilege and opportunity at Easter yesterday. Karoline Lewis led the women’s Bible Study. She is the author of the Commentary on John that we, the preachers at Easter, have been using during our Come and See series (she makes us sound like we...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 21, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon concludes the two-part exploration of Jesus’ trial before Pilate. Here we see scenes 4-7 of this story found in John 19:1-16a. Pilate ultimately condemns Jesus to death at the prompting of the religious leaders in Jerusalem. We encounter three truths...
by Steve Thomason | Mar 9, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
Do you ever feel like you have to pretend to be someone else in order to survive? This sermon explores the story of Peter’s Denial of Jesus and what leads us to do the things we don’t want to do. The good news is that Jesus waits for us on the other side...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 27, 2018 | Devos
The Narrative Lectionary brings us to the story of Peter’s Denial in John 18:12-27. I have chosen to start in John 18:1 with the scene of Jesus’ arrest. I think it is an important framing for the story. Below are my illustrations. Feel free to use them in...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 20, 2018 | Devos
We take a radical turn in our worship series through the Gospel of John this week. The past few weeks have addressed large passages of scripture that deal with complex stories: a conversation with Nicodemus (John 3:1-21), the Woman at the Well (John 4:1-42), Healing...