by Steve Thomason | Feb 24, 2015 | Devos
Tuesday, February 24. Matthew 13:24-43. I once heard a wise pastor say, “If you are looking for the perfect church, and you find one, don’t join it. Because if you join it, then it won’t be perfect anymore.” Ouch. The fact is that there are no...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 23, 2015 | Devos
Monday, February 23, 2015. Psalm 32:1-2. Imagine that all your sin–all the envy, bitterness, hatred, fear, gossip, selfishness–is like a heavy, stinky, nasty coat that you’ve been wearing that makes you want to throw up it is so bad. Yet, it has been...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 22, 2015 | sermons2015
Living Upside Down | A Sermon for Ash Wednesday from Matthew 18:1-9 from Grace Lutheran – Andover, MN Listen to the audio CLICK HERE. Narrative Lectionary Text: Matthew 18:1-9. Do we have any pilots in the room? I want you to verify something for me. When a...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 20, 2015 | Devos
Friday, February 20. Matthew 12:33-50. Let’s imagine that you have a tube of toothpaste. Now, imagine that you paint the outside of the tube black, and then take a label from a tube of glue and paste it onto the tube of toothpaste. If you handed that tube to a...
by Steve Thomason | Feb 19, 2015 | Devos
Thursday, February 19. Matthew 12:15-32. Jesus is turning the world upside down. That is our theme for Lent this year. Do you know what happens when you turn the world upside down? The people who thought they were on top are suddenly on the bottom. That doesn’t...