by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 20, 2016 | Weekly Words
Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! | Psalm 34.8 When I was little I hated mushrooms. I would pick them off of pizza and out of beef stroganoff. They were slimy and tasted like dirt. As I grew up, they began to bug me...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 15, 2016 | Catechism
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...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
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...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jan 6, 2016 | Weekly Words
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...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 30, 2015 | Weekly Words
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...