by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 3, 2015 | Catechism
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...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Dec 2, 2015 | Weekly Words
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...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 25, 2015 | Weekly Words
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,...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 20, 2015 | Weekly Words
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...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Nov 19, 2015 | Catechism
Q. 11 // What are God’s works of providence? A // God’s works of providence are his most holy, wise, and powerful preservation and control of all his creatures, and all their actions. Psalms 145:17; Psalms 104:24; Hebrews 1:3; Nehemiah 9:6; Ephesians 1:19-22; Psalms...
