by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Aug 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Science speaks properly a language of abstraction and abstract categories when it is properly trying to sort out and put in order the things it knows. But it often assumes improperly that it has said–or known–enough when it has spoken of “the...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Aug 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, the Senate voted to block a bill aimed at limiting federal funding for Planned Parenthood; this action was taken after a series of videos were released that showed PP officials negotiating with a tissue-procurement company (or filmmakers posing as...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jul 23, 2015 | Weekly Words
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jul 22, 2015 | Sermon Prep
Matthew 25.31-46 And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ 25.40 Jesus ends his fourth major section of teaching on the end of the age with a sobering description of final judgment. ...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jul 15, 2015 | Sermon Prep
Matthew 25.14-30 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 25.21 Jesus teaches another parable about the end of the age. The emphasis of the story...
