by Derek Fekkes | Dec 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Many of you have heard me talk about a several year long period I went through where, looking back, I was basically an agnostic. I questioned almost everything I believed about God, the Bible, and the church. It was a very dark, dead, and frustrating time. Below are...
by Derek Fekkes | Nov 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
How do you respond to suffering? Most of us attempt to cope with suffering by turning either to apathy, escapism, or bitterness. My go-to is apathy. I see many others turning to escapism and bitterness. But the fact is that these responses do more harm than good....
by Derek Fekkes | Nov 21, 2016 | EQUIP Audio
Below is the audio from our fourth Equip class, which took place November 16, 2016. Jan Fekkes III, PhD spoke on how to read the book of Revelation.
by Derek Fekkes | Nov 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
The term “gospel-centered” is certainly overused, but I contend that it still has great value, at least as a concept. And that is because of the rampant presence of distortions to the central Christian message–“God saves...
by Derek Fekkes | Nov 14, 2016 | EQUIP Audio
Below is the audio from our third Equip class, which took place November 9, 2016. Derek Fekkes spoke on how to read the genres of the New Testament.