The Pastor’s Heart 5/12/2017
Paul’s time was short. His earthly pilgrimage was almost over. He took a look back over his life and said with certainty, “I have fought a good fight, I have…
The Pastor’s Heart 4/28/2017
It can freeze you in your tracks. Or it can make you run like the wind. It makes some babble on and on, while others will not be able to…
The Pastor’s Heart 4/21/2017
About three weeks ago, I spoke at a funeral for one of our church members. Today I do the same. There’s no doubt that death is real. We see it…
The Pastor’s Heart 4/14/2017
It was a footrace. The anxious excitement probably lent extra speed to their sandaled feet. Mary Magdalene’s news of the missing body startled them and shook them out of their…
The Pastor’s Heart 4/7/2017
It has stayed with me like a song that gets stuck in your head. It’s a phrase that has and really should permeate and dominate my thinking. And come to…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The Pastor’s Heart 2/24/2017
It’s amazing how the Lord works and weaves things together to speak to us, sometimes from a completely unexpected direction. Here’s a case in point. This past Wednesday night, we…