Pastor's Voice

“You just need to follow your heart!” How many times have we been given this statement as a piece of good advice? Culture tells us this is the ultimate determiner in making decisions: “What is your heart telling you...

“Take now your son…and offer him…as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” — Genesis 22:2   A person’s character determines how he interprets God’s will (see Psalm 18:25-26). Abra...

Most Christians today like to say that all sins are “equal” in the eyes of God, that there is no scale of less or worse sins, that a white lie or a homicide alike would have been enough to require Christ to die on the cro...

Dietrich Bonhoeffer had a strong sense he was not doing anything of great importance. While his friendships with prominent theologians and members of the resistance to Hitler were numerous, the German pastor and theologia...

Often as we think about the sacrifice of Jesus, we tend to focus on the unbearable physical pain He endured. We’re told that He was hit, flogged nearly to the point of death, and had a crown of thorns driven into His scal...

“You also be ready…” — Luke 12:40   A Christian worker’s greatest need is a readiness to face Jesus Christ at any and every turn. This is not easy, no matter what our experience has been. This battle is n...

“Did not our heart burn within us…?” — Luke 24:32   We need to learn this secret of the burning heart. Suddenly Jesus appears to us, fires are set ablaze, and we are given wonderful visions; but then we m...

Yes, It’s possible to stand for something and not be a jerk about it. At the memorial service for beloved author and teacher Dallas Willard, J.P. Moreland told a remarkable story. Once Willard’s student, and later h...

The Bible is the Word of God, Christ the Son of God, salvation an act of God. But who is this God? Why did He create us? And how should we respond to Him?   Who is God? The word God (Elohim, “mighty one”) in Genesis ...

I didn’t know that I was hiding. I’ve always been good at praying. Or so I thought. My dad left when I was seven. I’ve always looked to God as my Father, my provider. What I didn’t realize is that ...