What It’s Like to be Loved by Jesus, pt 2

by | Oct 29, 2023 | A Pastor's Heart

What does it mean to be loved by Jesus? John 13:1 says: “Now before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that His hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end.” What did it mean for...

What It’s Like To Be Loved by Jesus

by | Oct 22, 2023 | A Pastor's Heart

What would you do if you knew you were living the very last day of your life? How would you spend your final hours? Enjoy time with loved ones? Write notes of thanks and remembrance? Finish a final item or two from your bucket list? Engage in all the activities you...

Forgiven Much, Loves Much

by | Oct 15, 2023 | A Pastor's Heart

Luke 7:36-8:3 1. A woman crashes a dinner party, 7:36-39 2. Jesus tells a story, 7:40-43 3. The woman loves much, 7:44-47 4. One question, three declarations, 7:48-50 The “scandals” of forgiveness 1. Free forgiveness looked so sensual. 2. We are not in control of...

The Magnificence of Salvation

by | Oct 8, 2023 | A Pastor's Heart

NOTE: This column may be familiar to you. That’s because the message is so important, I rerun it regularly. Enjoy! “Pastoral work, in large part, deals with the difficulty everyone has in staying alert to the magnificence of salvation.” So says Eugene Peterson (Five...

What Shall We Then Say?

by | Oct 1, 2023 | A Pastor's Heart

Those whom God predestined, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified; and those whom He justified, He also glorified. (Romans 8:30) Do you ever read the Bible and find its promises amazing and wonderful, but fear that your own case is a tragic...