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Teacher’s Overview of Joshua 6:12-25, Lifeway Explore the Bible lesson, “Winning Strategy,” for June 28, 2026.

Posted on 2026/06/20 by Shawn Thomas

Inclues a sample introduction to the lesson, text outline and highlights, illustrations you can share, discussion questions for your group, and spiritual life applications you can make. A video version of this preview is available on YouTube at: INTRODUCTION: ???DISCUSSION … Continue reading →

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Teacher’s Overview of Lifeway “Explore the Bible” lesson of I Peter 3:13-22, “Our Defense” for 4/06/25

Posted on 2025/03/29 by Shawn Thomas

An overview for Sunday School teachers and Bible study leaders, of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson of I Peter 3:13-22, for Sunday, April 6, 2025, with the title, “Our Defense.” A video version of this overview is available on YouTube … Continue reading →

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“A ‘Real Life’ Christmas” (Luke 2:1-11 sermon)

Posted on 2023/12/11 by Shawn Thomas

My sister serves as a missionary in southeast Asia. We both grew up at the First Baptist Church of Harrah, Oklahoma — a church much like FBC Angleton in a lot of ways. When we were young, our church was … Continue reading →

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Teacher’s Overview of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson: Mark 16:1-14, “Alive”

Posted on 2023/11/18 by Shawn Thomas

A brief overview of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible lesson of Mark 16:1-14, “Alive,” scheduled for Sunday, November 26, 2023. A video version of this overview is available on YouTube at: ONE WAY to introduce this lesson would be to post … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Reflections on the Existence of God

Posted on 2020/07/11 by Shawn Thomas

Instead of closing with the perfunctory “I was sent this book in exchange for reading it and promising to write a review,” I am going to open with it. Because that is exactly how I encountered this book. But I … Continue reading →

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“Your Response To The Resurrection of Jesus” (Matthew 28 Easter sermon)

Posted on 2017/04/17 by Shawn Thomas

“Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.” (C.S. Lewis) We should ponder these words of C.S. Lewis — especially today on Easter Sunday, as we … Continue reading →

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The Power of a Question

Posted on 2016/09/12 by Shawn Thomas

“And He said to them, ‘Whose likeness and inscription is this?’” (Matthew 22:20) It is significant that Jesus responded to the Pharisees’ disciples with question. They had just asked Him if it was lawful to pay a poll tax to … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Uncategorized | Tagged apologetics, evangelism, Jesus, Matthew 22:20, Os Guinness, power of a question, questions, Rosaria Butterfield, The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert, witnesssing | 2 Comments

God & Math: “The Man Who Knew Infinity” Movie Review

Posted on 2016/05/13 by Shawn Thomas

Sometimes when you are looking for something specific, you find something unexpected, and even better, instead. That may have happened today. I was searching for a theater which might be showing the newly released “Love And Friendship”, a Jane Austen … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Uncategorized | Tagged "The Man Who Knew Infinity", apologetics, Christian worldview, Dev Patel, evangelism, Hinduism, Jeremy Irons, review | 1 Comment

The Ministry of Reconciliation

Posted on 2016/02/16 by Shawn Thomas

“Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” (II Corinthians 5:18) The phrase Paul uses here, “the ministry of reconciliation”, is a good description of evangelism. What … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Discipleship, Uncategorized | Tagged apologetics, evangelism, II Corinthians 5:18, reconciliation, soul winning, St. Francis of Assisi, witnessing | 1 Comment

Book Review: The Reason For God, by Tim Keller

Posted on 2014/02/20 by Shawn Thomas

Tim Keller has defied conventional wisdom by planting Redeemer Church — a growing, evangelical fellowship — in the unlikely ground of Manhattan, New York. In the course of his work, he has engaged thousands of lost people and their questions … Continue reading →

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