by stevethomason | Jan 24, 2019 | podcast, sermons2019
Jesus begins his ministry in the wilderness. It is a space where everything is stripped away and we find our true identity, and our true belonging. This sermon explores how we must experience the wilderness in order to love our neighbor as ourself. See Page 3 of A...
by stevethomason | Jan 21, 2019 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
We are Finding Our Way through the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5:1-7:29) for the next couple of weeks in our preaching at Easter. This passage is like “The Quintessential Jesus According to Matthew.” It records the essence of Jesus’ teaching. I...
by stevethomason | Jan 14, 2019 | Devos
This week we will preach on Matthew 4:1-17. The key text is vv. 1-11 where Jesus is led into the wilderness for 40 days and faces temptation. You can see my visual commentary on it at the Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew. Today, however, I want to share a video...
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...
by stevethomason | Jan 6, 2019 | Bible Doodle, Visual Preaching
Page 6 of The Cartoonist’s Guide to Matthew covers Matthew 8:1-9:34. It provides a high speed montage of Jesus’ ministry of healing and power. He heals the marginalized and demonstrates power over the Sea, the demons, and Sin itself. The news of...
