by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 1, 2015 | Catechism
Today we started Thursday Theology, which is a journey through the Westminster Shorter Catechism using the verses that developed the answers. In other words, the questions and answers that make up the catechism are derived from large portions of Biblical truth. We...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Sep 16, 2015 | Weekly Words
On Sunday we talked about the injustice in the world and the responsibility we have as Christians to do measured mediation: absorbing some of the pain and brokenness of others. We can do this because of what we have been given in relationship with God and the promise...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Sep 12, 2015 | Weekly Words
In the sermon Sunday, I took on the task of describing when was a time to kill in the rhythm that God has set for His creation (taken from Ecclesiastes 3.3: a time to kill, and a time to heal). I could have gone with a time to hate, or a time for war, but I didn’t; I...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Sep 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Last week a picture went viral that showed the lifeless body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi washed up on a Turkish beach. This alerted the world to a crisis that has been building for some time as over a million people have sought asylum in Europe from war torn...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Sep 8, 2015 | Weekly Words
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die;...