The Hagar Option
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Blessed are all who take refuge in him. | Psalm 2.12b Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” | Psalm 16.1–2 Last Sunday, we said that the Psalmist reframes the major conflict of this world from Us vs. Them […]
Humility and exaltation
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you. | 1 Peter 5:6 On Sunday, the Psalmist (Psalm 1) drove a sharp distinction between the way of God and the way of the wicked. The way of the wicked is not as wicked as we […]
The purpose of children
Pastor Jim Fikkert
This week, we had the privilege of baptizing four people, all of whom are children of believers. This coming week, we will be doing our parent covenant ceremony, in which parents (and the church) commit to raising children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. In a sense, we scheduled these backwards, as the […]
Christianity and Nominalism
Pastor Jim Fikkert
I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth. For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, […]
Kept waiting
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with […]
Jesus is enough
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, […]
Why a confession?
Pastor Jim Fikkert
This week we started a walk through the London Baptist Confession, as a means toward adopting this confession as the official statement of belief for Communion Church. The audio did not work out, so the following is a condensed version of the talk, with the full transcript at the bottom. A church that is confessional […]
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