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Teacher’s Overview: Numbers 9:15-23 “The Journey” Lifeway “Explore the Bible” lesson for 9/07/25

Posted on 2025/08/30 by Shawn Thomas

An overview for Sunday School teacher and Bible study leaders, of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson of Numbers 9:15-23, with the title, “The Journey,” for Sunday, September 7th, 2025. A video version of this overview is available on YouTube at: … Continue reading →

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Teacher’s Overview of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson of Genesis 8:10-22, “Land!”

Posted on 2024/01/06 by Shawn Thomas

A brief overview for Sunday School teachers of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson of Genesis 8:10-22 for Sunday, January 14, 2024, with the title, “Land!” A video version of this overview is available on YouTube at: INTRO: ??? Can you … Continue reading →

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Thyatira: “The Church That Tolerated The Intolerable” (Revelation 2:18-29 sermon)

Posted on 2023/05/22 by Shawn Thomas

I read a very interesting article by a Christian parent last week, who said that they asked their 15-year-old daughter: “What is a name that kids in your school do NOT want to be called? (I thought that was a … Continue reading →

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“Little By Little” (Deuteronomy 7:22 sermon)

Posted on 2018/06/04 by Shawn Thomas

I have a friend whose dad recently passed away, and now he has to deal with all his dad’s “stuff”: here’s a photo he posted on Facebook of just ONE of the storage buildings of his dad’s stuff. Someone might … Continue reading →

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The Problem of Impatience

Posted on 2018/03/21 by Shawn Thomas

“Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain …” (Exodus 32:1) One of the biggest problems that afflicts God’s people is IMPATIENCE. We want instant results. This is certainly true in our “microwave era”, … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies | Tagged Bible Reading, church, church growth, church work, Exodus 32:1, Hebrews 6:12, Holy Spirit, impatience, patience, prayer, spiritual growth, unanswered prayers | Leave a comment

God’s Understanding Towards Us

Posted on 2017/10/23 by Shawn Thomas

Psalm 103 is well-loved for its opening words “bless the Lord, O my soul,” and is a great Psalm of praise to God for His blessings towards us. Among the emphases of the Psalm is the blessing of God’s UNDERSTANDING … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Uncategorized | Tagged bless the Lord, empathy, fairness, God, God's patience, God’s grace, God’s sympathy, grace, Hebrews 4:15, judgment, patience, praise, Psalm 103, sympathy, theology, understanding | Leave a comment

The “Peters” & The “Others”

Posted on 2017/09/27 by Shawn Thomas

“Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’ So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Discipleship, Uncategorized | Tagged apostles, disciples, discipleship, Galatians 5:22-23, I Corinthians 13, John 21:7-8, love, Love is patient, Matthew 1:6, patience, personality, Peter, temperament | Leave a comment

“A Time To Wait, and A Time To Act” (Matthew 4:12-17 sermon)

Posted on 2017/05/01 by Shawn Thomas

Ecclesiastes 3 says: “There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven: A time to give birth and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to uproot what … Continue reading →

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Stretching Us: Waiting on God

Posted on 2015/03/04 by Shawn Thomas

The last little phrase of Psalm 25:21 reveals one of the most important elements of the Christian life. David prays in the verse: “Let integrity and uprightenss preserve me, for I wait on You.” “I WAIT on You” is only … Continue reading →

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“Until Now”!

Posted on 2014/08/01 by Shawn Thomas

II Kings 13:23 describes God’s treatment of the people of Israel who had rebelled against Him for years. It says that “YHWH was gracious to them … and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence until now.” … Continue reading →

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