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by Steve Thomason | Jan 18, 2018 | Devos
Jesus got angry in our text this week. Read John 2:13-25. He enters the temple and drives out the money changers with a whip and flips their tables over. To be honest, I’m not a big fan of this version of Jesus. He makes me uncomfortable. I’m a peacemaker...
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by Steve Thomason | Jan 15, 2018 | Devos
Our text from the Narrative Lectionary for our next Come and See Sermon is found in John 2:13-25. The sign stories come in couplets. You can’t truly understand the temple cleansing scene without contrasting it to the Wedding in Cana from John 2:1-11. I invite you to...
by Steve Thomason | Jan 9, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
Four people encounter Jesus for the first time in John 1:35-51. Each of them have a different experience. Jesus invites each of them, not to memorize a creed or join an institution, but to follow him and to come and see where he abides. That is the invitation of the...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 14, 2017 | podcast, sermons2017
This sermon launches the Worship Series called CORE. We spend eight weeks looking at the core elements of our faith as followers of Jesus, specifically within a Lutheran framework. This sermon asks, “Why Jesus?” We need Jesus to both see God, and to know...
by Steve Thomason | Sep 7, 2017 | Devos
What’s the big deal about Jesus? Wasn’t he just another dude who lived a long time ago in a culture that is so different from ours that anything he said has no bearing on our situation? That’s a valid question. This post is a visual exploration of...
