by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer. The above comes from the book, Life Together, by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. In the sermon Sunday, I quoted Bonhoeffer from one of his other books: The Cost of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
A LIGHT bright enough to shine today [14] And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. [15] (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said,...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, a group from the church gathered online to attempt a no-rehearsal Zoom pageant. It ended up being everything a pageant should be: with lost sheep, sound complications, and plenty of cute kids. Here it is in its fullness: Thanks for all who participated and...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
As I was making modified Christmas plans with my parents the other day, my dad reminded me that we had already been through a quarantine Christmas. It was 1987 and I was 7 years old. On the day before Christmas break, we found a strange mark on my sister; by the...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
A LIGHT bright enough to provide warmth [9] The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. [10] He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. [11] He came to his own, and his own people did not...
