by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
The heavens declare the glory of God,and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.Day to day pours out speech,and night to night reveals knowledge.There is no speech, nor are there words,whose voice is not heard.Their voice goes out through all the earth,and their words...
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...
