Preached 11.25.2007 by Pastor Steve Tompkins at MHC | Shoreline
In this Sermon, Pastor Steve breaks w/ commentators in order to assert that what has been called “the appropriate response of thankfulness to God’s grace” is in fact the culmination, or the pinnacle of the Apostle Paul’s argument for the pre-eminence and sufficiency of Christ and [...]

Preached 05.27.2007 by Pastor Steve Tompkins at MHC | ShorelinePastor Steve Tompkins explains that we are called to “put on our new selves” by living in the reality that God owns us as His holy people. This helps us avoid succumbing to the temptation to live as religious people trying to earn our holiness [...]

Preached 05.13.2007 by Pastor Steve Tompkins at MHC | Shoreline
As Christians, it is easy to focus on our behavior and not on our heart, creating rules to follow to keep ourselves from sinning. Shoreline Campus Pastor Steve Tompkins explains that legalism is not the solution to our sin problem—Jesus is. Being owned by [...]

Preached 12.31.2006 by Pastor Steve Tompkins at the Shoreline campus
Pastor Steve Tompkins continues preaching through Colossians, covering 2:11-15, in which Paul proclaims the heart of the gospel, declaring clearly and profoundly the great truths about what God has done for us in Jesus.

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by Pastor Steve Tompkins
Calling all Shoreline dudes! (“last minute” dudes that is—you know who you are!)
I am writing because the Men’s Advance is right around the corner, and I have a question for you: Has Jesus called us together to play fake religious games where we pretend our lives are “together” while we try to [...]

by Pastor Steve Tompkins
The darkest, absolute blackest day in all human history. That is Good Friday. On this day nearly 2000 years ago we “crucified the Lord of glory”(1Cor 2:8). We “killed the Author of Life”(Acts 3:15). And yes I mean “we” rather than “they.” The sinless Son of God [...]

This morning we kicked off our weekly men’s prayer meeting at our new office space.  We each dragged ourselves out of bed, and it was still pitch dark when men began rolling in.  I thought of the words of Psalm 127:1 “Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchman stays awake in vain.”  I [...]

James 1:2-8 (ESV)
2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives [...]

Shoreline Campus Pastor Steve Tompkins was a 19 year old drunken frat guy at UW before he met Jesus.
“I thought life was a party and that getting drunk and stoned was great. God was working on my heart though, and I found that the further I plunged into that lifestyle; the more shallow, empty, and [...]

Titus 3:4-7
But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, [...]