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Brian W. Thomas
Brian W. Thomas

  1. Font to Table: Why Do So Many Churches Have Red Doors?

    book
    01/22/19
    8 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    The red door was fair warning to pursuers that they could proceed no further.

  2. On the Weekly Road to Emmaus

    book
    07/09/18
    9 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    It can be argued that this scene sets a pattern for Christian activity on the first day of the week from that time until the present.

  3. In Celebration of True Liberty

    book
    06/29/18
    13 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    The reason the U.S. is blessed by God is that we are essentially a “good” nation. And this is the root of Bob’s problem (and that of all civil religion).

  4. Woe is Me: A Different Kind of Spiritual Experience

    book
    05/25/18
    10 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    That’s where a true encounter with God leaves you. Unable to point the finger at anyone else, all you can do is fall on your face, confess your sin, be absolved, and join the angels in singing, “Holy, holy, holy.”

  5. Christ’s Fifth Word From the Cross: “I Thirst.”

    book
    03/30/18
    10 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    Jesus’ death was a direct fulfillment of the will of His Father as promised in the Scriptures.

  6. Ashes to Alleluias: Welcome to the Lenten Season

    book
    02/16/18
    9 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    God has given us a way out of our plight of “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” It is the way of the cross.

  7. Let the Little Children Come to Me: A Sanctuary for Children

    book
    02/01/18
    15 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    “In a culture that promotes self-interest, children in church learn that something much bigger and more important than themselves is going on in their midst."

  8. Baptized with Fire?

    book
    01/05/18
    10 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    Instead of burning them up with unquenchable fire, He comes in solidarity, to be God with us and God for us. Jesus is baptized into our life, so that He could gift us His life.

  9. Between Rome and the Fanatics

    book
    11/01/17
    7 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    Luther accepted Augustine’s view of the church as a mixed body.

  10. A Reformation Question: Can the Finite Bear the Infinite?

    book
    09/08/17
    9 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    This emphasis in Luther also applied to his understanding of the sacraments, and particularly comes out in his writings on the Lord’s Supper in his Large Catechism.

  11. The Alien Fashion Sense of Jesus

    book
    11/16/16
    13 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    The redeemed are dressed in white robes.

  12. What's The Big Deal About The Liturgy? (Part 6: Good News)

    book
    10/11/16
    9 mins
    Brian W. Thomas
    Many Christians (including preachers) have succumbed to the idea that good preaching must be about practical living, and so most sermons are geared to scratch this pragmatic itch.
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