by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 13, 2015 | Sermon Prep
Matthew 23.1-12 “Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” 23.12 Chapter 23 amounts to an unrestrained tongue lashing against the Scribes and Pharisees. Even though Jesus speaks directly to the crowds and his disciples, He...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 7, 2015 | Weekly Words
Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work, to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people. For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 6, 2015 | Sermon Prep
Matthew 22.23-33 And as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was said to you by God: ‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not God of the dead, but of the living. 22.31-32 People are easily divided by...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Apr 23, 2015 | Weekly Words
And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Apr 22, 2015 | Sermon Prep
Matthew 21.33-22.14 ‘The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; this was the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruits....
