by Josh Waltz | Mar 13, 2022 | A Pastor's Heart
I’ve been writing an extended series of columns describing our goals and values for corporate worship. So far, I’ve said that we want our worship gatherings to be God-centered, cross-centered, and Scripture-saturated. Two weeks ago, I wrote about congregational...
by Josh Waltz | Jul 10, 2018 | A Pastor's Heart
A discovery was made five years ago that shocked and thrilled both professional and amateur historians—the original draft of a 12-page letter written in the summer of 1775. The letter was a final, urgent plea for reconciliation between the American Colonies and the...
by Josh Waltz | Jan 16, 2018 | A Pastor's Heart
One of the delights of being in a rich, high technology culture is that we can readily get excellent books. These books are being added to the church distributed library, and I would commend them to you. Jesus Made in America by Stephen Nichols – A Cultural History...
by Josh Waltz | Jan 24, 2017 | A Pastor's Heart
What should history teach us? What if God is writing the history? Let’s think about what God tells us through the history of ancient Israel: I Samuel: We are drawn to self reliant and impressive leaders like Saul, but God calls us to follow obedient and faithful...