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
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Saturday Mar 08, 2025
Saturday Mar 08, 2025
What does it mean for contemporary Christians to obey the Covenant of Sinai?
This sermon was preached on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
Saturday Mar 01, 2025
If Jesus taught us to live by the Law of Love, then what precisely is the Law of Love?
This sermon was preached on Saturday, March 1, 2025.
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
Saturday Feb 22, 2025
How does the Bible's teaching that we are saved by grace through faith, not by works, come together with the Scripture's insistence that God's people must be people who behave as Jesus behaved and walk as Jesus walked?
This sermon was preached on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Saturday Feb 15, 2025
Why did God create the earth as it is? Why did God create humanity and place us upon this earth?
This sermon was preached on Saturday, February 15, 2025.
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
Saturday Feb 08, 2025
We worship what we fear. If we wish to live a life free of fear, we must come to fear only the One, True, God.
This sermon was preached on Saturday, February 8, 2025.
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
Saturday Feb 01, 2025
How has Israel's displacement of the seven nations of Canaan fulfilled God's plan to save all nations and bless them through Abraham?
This sermon was preached on Saturday, February 1, 2025.
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Saturday Jan 25, 2025
Why have so many forgotten God's Name, and why do those who remember fear to pronounce it?
This sermon was preached on Saturday, January 25, 2025.
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Saturday Jan 18, 2025
Why does God send prophets; does God still send prophets; and how do we distinguish true prophets from false prophets?
This sermon was preached on Saturday, January 18, 2025.
Saturday Jan 11, 2025
Saturday Jan 11, 2025
What can the Ten Commandments tell us about loving our neighbors both in Ancient Israel and today?
This sermon was preached on Saturday, January 11, 2025.
J. Thomas's other sermons on Sabbath eluded to in this discussion can be found at the following links:
Foundations Series - Discussion 2: Margin (Leviticus 19:9-10)
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-na8b3-dc2c46
Living with Margin Series - Discussion 2: A Margin for Contentment (Exodus 20:8-17)
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2e5j6-12ec736
Luke Series - Discussion 42: Law, Mercy, & the Justice of God (Luke 13:1-17; 14:1-6)
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-anvcq-15dca8c
John Series - Discussion 21: Sabbath (John 7:14-24)
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-advuu-ef733b
1 Corinthians Series - Discussion 32: Sabbath Faith (1 Corinthians 16:1-4)
https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-advuu-ef733b
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.