by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 20, 2017 | Resolutions
One of the most difficult things about putting together a VISION for the church is simplifying it. The reason this is hard is because the church is not a simple thing. You can’t just decide that we are going to focus on and ignore everything else. As the church,...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 14, 2017 | Weekly Words
This is the ADVENT poem we read Sunday to open the service. The Birth of Wonder | Madeleine L’Engle As I grow older I get surer Man’s heart is colder, His life no purer. As I grow steadily More austere I come less readily To Christmas each year. I can’t keep taking...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 13, 2017 | Weekly Words
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 6, 2017 | Weekly Words
Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 21, 2017 | Uncategorized
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. | Romans 8:18 In the sermon this Sunday we talked about God’s use of suffering. We said that avoiding suffering is not possible in this...
