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Pastor Jim Fikkert
January 15, 2016

Catechism // Question 21

Q 21 // Who is the Redeemer of God’s elect? A // The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ,[a] who, being the eternal Son of God[b] became man,[c] and so was and continues to be God and man, in two distinct natures and one person for ever.[d] [a]. John 14:6; Acts […]

January 6, 2016

Epiphany

The Journey Of The Magi | TS Eliot ‘A cold coming we had of it, Just the worst time of the year For a journey, and such a long journey: The ways deep and the weather sharp, The very dead of winter.’ And the camels galled, sorefooted, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow. There […]

January 6, 2016

Is Nothing Sacred?

God’s Word is the means by which He speaks to us, and offers us grace through revelation. In order for us to receive the value of Scripture, we first have to believe that it is valuable. Not just valuable, but we have to trust that the Bible is truly God-breathed (2 Timothy 3.16). There is […]

December 30, 2015

6 Resolutions for 2016

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 work and […]

December 17, 2015

Catechism // Questions 17, 18, &19

Q17 // Into what state did the fall bring mankind? A // The fall brought mankind into a state of sin and misery. Genesis 3:16-19, 23; Romans 3:16; Romans 5:12; Ephesians 2:1 Q18 // What is the sinfulness of that state into which man fell? A // The sinfulness of the state into which man […]

December 10, 2015

Catechism // Questions 15 & 16

Q15 // What was the sin by which our first parents fell from the state in which they were created? A // The sin by which our first parents fell from the state in which they were created, was their eating the fruit that God had forbidden. Genesis 3:6 Q16 // Did all mankind fall […]

December 3, 2015

Catechism // Questions 13 & 14

Q13 // Did our first parents continue in the state in which they were created? A // Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the state in which they were created by sinning against God. Genesis 3.6-8; Genesis 3.13; 2 Corinthians 11.3 Q14 // What is sin? A […]

December 2, 2015

Free to be Slaves

But thanks be to God, that you who were once slaves of sin have become obedient from the heart to the standard of teaching to which you were committed, and, having been set free from sin, have become slaves of righteousness. I am speaking in human terms, because of your natural limitations. For just as […]

November 25, 2015

What I am most thankful for

My heart is glad that you are my father Adopted to you as sons and daughters And your love endures As you said it would, and my heart sings Teach me the sound of your voice With the faith to respond, to love you Teach me to follow you close With the faith you bestow, […]

November 20, 2015

Money answers Everything

Bread is made for laughter, and wine gladdens life, and money answers everything.| Ecclesiastes 10.19 When you run across certain verses in Ecclesiastes it causes you to pause and ask: did the pundit really just say that? This is part of the reason why I like this book so much. There are so many things […]

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