Way of Life
Sermons, teachings, and biblical discussions with J. Thomas Johnson--a pastor for 16 years in the Church of the Nazarene and 5 years in the United Methodist Church, an instructor in Biblical Hebrew at Nazarene Theological Seminary for 4 years--B.A., Gordon College; M.Div. Nazarene Theological Seminary
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Episodes
Friday Jan 27, 2023
Friday Jan 27, 2023
"It is time to return."
This message was first delivered on April 9, 2021.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"Jesus has come to deliver us, not with swords, but with embodied words."
This sermon was preached on Sunday, June 25, 2023.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"Followers of Jesus are not called to build a kingdom; we are called to live as exiles."
This sermon was preached on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"How are we to respond once God stops listening and responding to us?"
This sermon was preached on Sunday, June 11, 2023 at Marcellus United Methodist Church in Marcellus, NY.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"David's treatment of Saul and of Nabal reveal a foible that Jesus warned us against."
This sermon was preached on Sunday, June 4, 2023 at Marcellus United Methodist Church in Marcellus, NY.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"David repented of being a presumptuous person by becoming a person of discernment and prayer."
This sermon was preached on Sunday, May 28, 2023 at Marcellus United Methodist Church in Marcellus, NY.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"Nothing requires more faith in God than speaking the truth."
This sermon was preached on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at Marcellus United Methodist Church in Marcellus, NY.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"When someone makes an accusation against someone we love or trust, how are we to respond?"
This sermon was preached on Sunday, May 14, 2023 at Marcellus United Methodist Church in Marcellus, NY.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"How do we know whether or not we are in the presence of the Holy Spirit of God?"
This sermon was preached on Sunday, May 7, 2023 at Marcellus United Methodist Church in Marcellus, NY.
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
"Must we be motivated by envy or competition, or is there another way?"
This sermon was preached on the weekend of April 29-30, 2023.
J. Thomas Johnson
J. Thomas Johnson grew up in Massachusetts. He is a graduate both of Gordon College in Wenham, MA (B.A.) and of Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City, MO (M.Div.) where he taught biblical Hebrew from 2006-10. His first full-time pastorate began in 2000, and during his 20 years of pastoral service, he pastored churches in Illinois, Missouri, New Hampshire, and New York.
In March of 2021 J. Thomas resigned his credential as an ordained minister in the Church of the Nazarene in order to follow God’s call on him to leave the denomination in which he was raised. He continues to preach and teach the Scriptures in diverse venues.