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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.

Our Final Court of Appeal

Posted on 2013/11/02 by Shawn Thomas

In I Samuel 24:12 David cries out to Saul: “May YHWH judge between you and me …”. David had tried and tried to convince Saul that he was not “out to get him”, but to no avail. Despite many “reconciliations”, … Continue reading →

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Circumstances Aren’t Everything

Posted on 2013/11/01 by Shawn Thomas

I Samuel 24:3-4 reminds us that although God uses circumstances for His purposes (as we saw at the end of the last chapter), circumstances themselves are not the only factor in godly decisions. Chapter 24 says that when Saul was … Continue reading →

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Waiting For Our King

Posted on 2013/10/31 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 110:1 opens: “The LORD says to my Lord: ‘Sit at My right hand, until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.’” As Jesus makes clear in the New Testament (Matthew 22:41-46) this is a Messianic Psalm — … Continue reading →

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Two Sides of the Coin

Posted on 2013/10/30 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 109:17 shows us “two sides of the coin” of sin, both sins of “commission” and of “omission”: “He also loved cursing, so it came to him. And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him”. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health, by Donald S. Whitney

Posted on 2013/10/29 by Shawn Thomas

I read Don Whitney’s Ten Questions to Diagnose Your Spiritual Health for a small-group class on Sunday mornings at Trinity Baptist in Norman this year. I understand that it has been used for some time by several ministers and in … Continue reading →

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Praise The Lord — AND Pass the Ammunition!

Posted on 2013/10/29 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 108:13 says: “Through God we shall do valiantly, and it is HE who shall tread down our enemies.” As important as the truth in this verse is about having our hope and trust in God, it should not be … Continue reading →

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The Little Condo on the Prairie (10-28-13)

Posted on 2013/10/28 by Shawn Thomas

AN OLD JOKE Cheryl & I went over to my sister’s apartment to change some light bulbs that had burned out. When we got back, Michael walked into the room and greeted us with: “How many parents does it take … Continue reading →

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God’s Providential Timing

Posted on 2013/10/28 by Shawn Thomas

I Samuel 23:26 sounds like a scene right out of an action movie: David is on one side of a mountain, and Saul and his army on the other, in hot pursuit! But just when things are about to come … Continue reading →

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Not of This World

Posted on 2013/10/26 by Shawn Thomas

Hebrews 11:9 says, “By faith he (Abraham) lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land …”. The Bible tells us that Abraham lived in the Promised Land, but he was different than the inhabitants … Continue reading →

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Prayers You Don’t Want Answered!

Posted on 2013/10/25 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 106:15 says: “So He gave them their request, but sent a wasting disease among them (literally ‘a leanness into their soul’.” The Psalm describes how Israel had seen God’s work in the Exodus, but “quickly forgot His works” (:13) … Continue reading →

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