by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
This Sunday, I had to skip church due to sickness, so I did not get to preach the New Years sermon that I had prepared from Ecclesiastes 9. Here is an excerpt from it, where the author begins to point us toward some pursuits that will lead us to God’s ends:...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 2, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;break forth into singing and cry aloud,you who have not been in labor!For the children of the desolate one will be morethan the children of her who is married,” says the Lord. | Isaiah 54:1 This Sunday, we looked at the story of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
In our last week of this series, we looked at the language of Scripture, and the creativity of both how God brings His Word to us, but also the creativity required to read and understand it correctly. In all of this, we are encouraged to see ourselves as stewards of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
In our fifth session, we talked about the other side of creativity: the warnings or guardrails, that God puts on us as we begin to create and subdue creation. We went through the narrative of Genesis 3-9 looking at how God presents the dangers of sin through story. We...
