The Pastor’s Heart 3/24/2017

Brutal.  Not usually a pleasant word.  Its definition includes words like “cruel,” “violent,” “ruthless,” and “harsh.”  Definitely not a character trait you’d want to instill in your children.  But having said all that, let me say that there is a time to be brutal.  Brutally brutal.  In reading for our Men of the Word Bible…

The Pastor’s Heart 3/17/2017

Remember the children’s song, “The B-I-B-L-E”?  I was looking through some VBS curriculum for this summer a couple of days ago, and one of the lessons referenced that song.  I don’t know how much it’s sung any more in children’s ministries, but it wouldn’t be a bad idea to be sure it’s incorporated in the…

The Pastor’s Heart 3/10/2017

Here we go again.  It’s started, and you can run, but you can’t hide.  It happens about this time every year.  You can’t escape it, no matter how much you try.  It leaves its yellow tint on everything it touches, and as soon as you wash it off, more comes and takes its place.  I’ve…

The Pastor’s Heart 3/3/2017

In doing some recent reading and personal study in the Psalms, I once again considered a powerful passage that always challenges me.  It is Asaph’s dilemma in Psalm 73 as he despaired about the prosperity of the wicked compared to the struggle of God’s servants.  The writer of this Psalm was ready to throw in…