The Pastor’s Heart 12/4/2020

Well, we’ve arrived.  The last month of 2020.  Is that a collective sigh of relief I hear?  In a few days, it’ll be over.  But will it?  Yes, 2020 will draw to a close, but I’m seeing a carryover.  Encouraging, isn’t it? (Sarcasm, of course.)  Thinking of this, I read a statement in an article…

The Pastor’s Heart 11/20/2020

You sit staring at the blank, and it just doesn’t come.  You thought you were ready, but you weren’t ready for that one.  That question on the test that stumps you, and you don’t have a clue about the answer.  Remember that feeling?  It happened this week to one of my wife’s students.  Last night…

The Pastor’s Heart 11/6/2020

What. A. Week.  Could we have expected anything different from the 2020 election?  Uncertainty.  Ups and downs.  Head-scratching.  Confusion.  Information and misinformation.  And a whole lot more with some anger thrown in here and there.  So what are we to do?  I don’t know.  But Scripture does.  For that reason, I think we need to…

The Pastor’s Heart 10/30/20

I was determined to avoid it for this “Pastor’s Heart.”  Ignore it.  Not say anything about it.  Anything but that.  But here I am turning right back to it and writing about it: Tuesday’s election.  As I read the Scriptures this morning, the Lord reminded me of something I’ve tended to forget from time to…

The Pastor’s Heart 10/16/2020

This popped up in my FB Memories this week. When I read it, I believe it’s even more appropriate for this election season! So, I thought I’d post it again. Here you go:  The Pastor’s Heart 10/14/2016  It’s gotten pretty crazy, and it doesn’t appear to be changing direction any time soon. This election season…

The Pastor’s Heart 10/9/2020

At our men’s Bible study early yesterday morning, we discussed the Apostle Paul’s salvation experience – from what he was to what God did for him and ultimately through him.  What a stark difference between Saul the persecutor and Paul the preacher!  But as we learned, his salvation experience is no more miraculous, no more…

The Pastor’s Heart 10/2/2020

I took it as long as I could.  35 or 40 minutes in, I couldn’t stand it any longer, and I walked away.  I was done.  I’m talking about my experience with last Tuesday night’s presidential debate.  From the start, the interruptions and the talking over each other made it painful for me to watch. …

The Pastor’s Heart 9/25/2020

We sit and look at what’s going on around us.  Coronavirus (still), deeply divided politics, lawlessness and disrespect for civil authority, and the disturbing spiritual casualties of some believers brought on by not being in church for so long.  And the list could go on, not even counting the normal trials and ups and downs…

The Pastor’s Heart 9/4/2020

It was written almost 60 years ago, but it sure was a blessing yesterday.  Our Men of the Word Bible study has been going through the book The Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer.  It’s been a great study.  But it’s been quite humbling as well as we have considered the indescribable greatness of our God. …

The Pastor’s Heart 8/28/2020

Equality.  It’s right there if we’ll see it.  There in the Bible.  All over the place.  It’s called the Gospel, and if we could grasp it, it would change everything.  God’s word says we are all equally sinners (Romans 3:23).  We’re all equally condemned by our sin and deserving of eternal torment (John 3:18).  We’re…