by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 18, 2015 | Weekly Words
But as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in all earnestness, and in our love for you—see that you excel in this act of grace also. I say this not as a command, but to prove by the earnestness of others that your love also is genuine. For you...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 17, 2015 | Sermon Prep
Matthew 24.3-14 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come. 24.13-14 False prophets, some even claiming to be the Savior,...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 11, 2015 | Weekly Words
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 10, 2015 | Sermon Prep
23.37-24.2 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! 23.27 In contrast to the woes earlier...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 3, 2015 | Weekly Words
Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. | 1 Peter 4.8 There are a lot of people talking about grace: how to show grace to people struggling with this or that, victims of some sort of suffering. Often these conversations...