by stevethomason | Dec 5, 2018 | podcast, sermons2018
This sermon lights the candle of hope on Advent 1. Advent is a season in which we embrace the darkness. Our hope is not in the wishful thinking that God will someday remove everything we don’t like. Rather, our hope lies in the promise that God is with us, God...
by SteveT2018 | May 8, 2018 | Devos
It has been twelve years, but it seems like yesterday. Lona’s scream pierced my soul. We knew all day that something was not right. No one had heard from her Dad that day. He was on location in Sacramento, CA running another construction project. His twin...
by SteveT2018 | May 3, 2018 | Devos
Have you ever felt like you just don’t want to get out of bed…ever? There is a dark cloud floating right behind your eyes that makes everything seem distant and slightly unreal. Your logical mind tells you that the sun is shining and that everything in your life...
by SteveT2018 | Jan 16, 2018 | Devos
God is about abundance, not scarcity. That is one of the key theological ideas that runs through our study of John’s Gospel. It came through clearly in the text from last weekend, John 2:1-11, where Jesus takes ordinary water and transforms it into extraordinary wine....
by SteveT2018 | Sep 25, 2017 | podcast, Sermons
Our CORE series continues this week with the topic of FORGIVENESS. The key texts are Psalm 51:1-12 and John 20:19-23. King David wrote the Psalm after he had been busted by the prophet Nathan for his affair with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband. Would you be...