by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Apr 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone | Matthew 14:22–23 I...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Apr 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”“O death, where is your victory?O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 30, 2021 | Uncategorized
As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” | 1 Peter 1:14–17 On Sunday, Andrew used the analogy of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
This Sunday, we looked at the Sabbath, studying the main purposes God stated for giving it. I started the sermon by listing the major debates that surround the Sabbath: 1. what day of the week? 2. what does honoring the Sabbath entail? 3. is this law still bearing on...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Mar 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
And we are his house, if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope. | Hebrews 3:6b But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. | James 1:22 On Sunday, we looked at the verse above from Hebrews 3, talking about what it...
