by Joe Bowker | Feb 5, 2021 | The Pastor's Heart
Usually, I’ll use this weekly note to write a few words talking about a Scripture passage, but today I think I’ll just let the Scriptures do all the talking. So, read slowly, meditate deeply, and trust fully. I need to remember this, and maybe you do,...
by Joe Bowker | Jan 29, 2021 | The Pastor's Heart
Three times since last week’s “Pastor’s Heart.” Three times I stood with families that had encountered the enemy. The enemy the Bible calls death. And three times Heaven entered into my comments. Heaven’s reality. Heaven’s...
by Joe Bowker | Jan 22, 2021 | The Pastor's Heart
62,502,904. Let that number sink in for a second. Let it sink deep. That’s the reported number of preborn children’s lives taken by abortion in our country since the Roe v. Wade decision was handed down by the Supreme Court 48 years ago today. ...
by Joe Bowker | Jan 8, 2021 | The Pastor's Heart
“The Pastor’s Heart.” That’s what I call this note I send to you on a regular basis, and that’s what I try to share. Let me tell you about my heart this week: it’s broken. Aching. Even a little frustrated and downtrodden. But...
by Joe Bowker | Dec 18, 2020 | The Pastor's Heart
It’s the Christmas story according to the Gospel of John. Just one verse. But what a verse! “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth”...
