by Rod Fertig | 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...
by Josh Waltz | Jan 4, 2021 | A Pastor's Heart
Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was reminded one day of a vicious deed that someone had done to her years before; but she acted as if she had never heard of the incident. “Don’t you remember what that person did to you?” her friend asked. “No,” came...
by Josh Waltz | Jan 19, 2020 | A Pastor's Heart
Why don’t Christians continue to sin? Because they’ve been baptized! Perhaps that’s not quite the answer you were expecting, but it’s what Paul says in Romans 6:1-4: What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who...
by Josh Waltz | Sep 23, 2018 | A Pastor's Heart
So what about Romans 7? If Christian growth is not changing who you are but rather becoming who you are in Christ, why does Paul say such negative things about himself? He writes, “I know that nothing good dwells in me” (v18) and “Oh wretched man that I am!” (v24)....
by Josh Waltz | Sep 17, 2018 | A Pastor's Heart
Christian growth is not changing who you are; it’s becoming who you are. Christianity does not merely give you something new; it makes you something new. If you are a Christian, you are a new person: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.The old has...
