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About Shawn Thomas

My blog, shawnethomas.com, features the text of my sermons, book reviews, family life experiences -- as well as a brief overview of the Lifeway "Explore the Bible" lesson for Southern Baptist Sunday School teachers.

Are You Instructing God?

Posted on 2015/02/12 by Shawn Thomas

Job 40:7 is one of those places where we see that God has a sense of humor. When He finally addresses Job out of the whirlwind, He says to him, “I will ask you, and you instruct Me.” If this … Continue reading →

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A Pleasant Trip to the Ridge

Posted on 2015/02/11 by Shawn Thomas

Last weekend, Cheryl, Michael & I drove to Morganton, North Carolina, where I was called to serve as Senior Pastor at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. It was a very emotional time for us, as it ended a three-year odyssey through … Continue reading →

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Seeking God’s Path

Posted on 2015/02/07 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 25:4 shows us several important things about seeking God’s will for our lives: “Make me know Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths.” — First, it teaches us that our prayers are not to be that God would … Continue reading →

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Older Is Not Always Wiser

Posted on 2015/02/04 by Shawn Thomas

You have to be careful when you are quoting Job’s friends! Just because their words are recorded in scripture does not mean that what they said is good, or correct. But in Job 32:9 the younger “friend” Elihu made a … Continue reading →

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A Mixture of Error

Posted on 2015/02/03 by Shawn Thomas

Rarely does even a heretic get everything wrong. Usually the problem with a false teacher is that they have mixed SOME truth together with error. Elihu, the 4th and youngest of Job’s “friends”, is an example of this:

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“Prayer & The Church We Want To Be” (Acts 1 & 2 sermon)

Posted on 2015/02/02 by Shawn Thomas

(Preached at First Baptist, Pauls Valley, OK 2-01-15 a.m.) The pastor at our home church, Trinity Baptist in Norman, Bro. Ronnie Rogers, has just published a new book; one which I would highly recommend to anyone who is interested in … Continue reading →

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“Second-hand Cares?”

Posted on 2015/01/28 by Shawn Thomas

Job evidences one of the signs of his righteousness in 30:25, “Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?” I wonder how many of us could really say this … Continue reading →

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The “Cloud” of Prosperity

Posted on 2015/01/27 by Shawn Thomas

One of Job’s complaints, found in 30:15, was that “My prosperity has passed away like a cloud.” There are a number of great word pictures in the book of Job, and this is one of them. He says that prosperity … Continue reading →

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“Our Holy God” (Isaiah 6:1-5 sermon)

Posted on 2015/01/26 by Shawn Thomas

Originally posted on shawnethomas:
In Here I Stand, Roland Bainton’s biography of Martin Luther, he tells of how Luther, as a young monk, was to lead in his first Communion.  Luther was terrified.  He said: “At these words I was…

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“The Gospel and Forgiving Others” (Ephesians 4:32 sermon)

Posted on 2015/01/20 by Shawn Thomas

(Preached at First Baptist, Pauls Valley, OK 1-18-15) The great symbol of Christianity is the cross, and for good reason. As we saw last week, the cross of Jesus is the center of Christianity. The basic message of Christianity is … Continue reading →

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