Tag Archives: Peter

Teacher’s Overview of Lifeway “Explore the Bible” lesson: Mark 8:31-9:1, “Followed”

Posted on 2023/09/30 by Shawn Thomas

An overview for Sunday School teachers and Bible study leaders, of Lifeway’s Explore the Bible lesson of Mark 8:31-9:1, “Followed,” for Sunday, October 8, 2023. A video version of this overview is available on YouTube at: INTRO: Just after Calvin … Continue reading →

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Teacher’s Overview of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson: John 21:15-23 “Do You Love Me?”

Posted on 2023/05/20 by Shawn Thomas

A brief overview for Sunday School teachers & Bible study leaders, of Lifeway’s “Explore the Bible” lesson of John 21:15-23, “Do You Love Me?” for Sunday, May 28, 2023. (A video version of this overview is available on YouTube at: … Continue reading →

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“We Are All A Mixed Bag” (Luke 10:38-42 sermon)

Posted on 2020/08/24 by Shawn Thomas

One of the controversies that has engulfed our country the last months has been regarding statues in different parts of our country, of people who had something in their past which is offensive to some people today. For example, Thomas … Continue reading →

Posted in Luke 10:38-42 Mary & Martha series, Sermons | Tagged Apostle Paul, Christ sinless, Christopher Columbus, church family, church members, church staff, depravity of man, discernment, Donald Trump, Dr. D. James Kennedy, Dr. Lydgate Rosamund, evaluating sermons, flaws, friends, George Eliot, George Washington, George Washington anger, George Washington slavery, Hebrews 4:15, I Corinthians 13, II Corinthians 5:21, image of God, Imago Dei, Joe Biden, Love is patient, Luke 10:38-42, marriage, Martin Luther King Jr., Mary and Martha, Max Barnett, Middlemarch, ministers, no perfect candidate, pastors, perfect womanhood, Peter, Pharisee Luke 18, plan of salvation, political candidates, politics, Psalm 14, relationships, Romans 7, salvation, sin, sin nature, soulmate, statue controversy, the best person you know is fatally flawed, Thomas Jefferson, We Are All A Mixed Bag | 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

Lead By Example

Posted on 2017/07/13 by Shawn Thomas

“For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you.” (John 13:15) Here Jesus gave His disciples — and all us reading His word today — one of the most important lessons about leadership: … Continue reading →

Posted in Devotions/Bible Studies, Discipleship, Uncategorized | Tagged discipleship, I Peter 5:3, I Thessalonians 1:5-6, Jesus, John 13:15, lead by example, leaders, leadership, leading, Paul, Peter, servant leadership, service | 2 Comments

Repentance: The Forgotten Word of the Gospel (Matt. 3:1-3)

Posted on 2017/01/23 by Shawn Thomas

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze”, says the LORD of hosts, “so that it will leave … Continue reading →

Posted in Matthew sermons, Sermons, Uncategorized | Tagged Acts 2, cheap grace, conversion, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, easy believism, gospel, John the Baptist, Jonah, Luke 15, Malachi 4, Matthew 3:1-3 sermon, metanoeo, Nineveh, Paul, Peter, Prodigal Son, repent, repentance, repentance and faith, salvation, The Cost of Discipleship, U-turn, Zaccheus | Leave a comment