The Wonder of the New Covenant

by | Oct 31, 2021 | A Pastor's Heart

I will make with them an everlasting covenant that I will not turn away from doing good to them. And I will put the fear of me in their hearts that they may not turn from me. I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with...

God will forgive me. Won’t He?

by | Oct 10, 2021 | A Pastor's Heart

Reflect on Jeremiah 14 with me, especially verses 19–22. Have you utterly rejected Judah?  Does your soul loathe Zion? Why have you struck us down so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; for a time of healing, but behold, terror....

Praying for Judgment?

by | Mar 15, 2020 | A Pastor's Heart

Should Christians ever pray imprecatory prayers—i.e., the prayers of judgment you find here and there in the psalms? I mean, some of these get pretty gory: “O God, break the teeth in their mouths; tear out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD! Let them be like the...