by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Sep 17, 2017 | Uncategorized
This Fall, our 4 week Equip class is on the topic of Homosexuality. This is not a class to learn how to FIGHT, but a means for us to get a Biblical perspective on what it means to be same-sex attracted and how we should all respond with compassion. The hope is that in...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Sep 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
This week we will be commissioning Derek and Anlee Fekkes to plant Roots Church in the Stanwood/Camano community. This is an important moment for both Roots Church as well as for Communion. For those of you not familiar with a commission, it is the process by which we...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 16, 2017 | Uncategorized
Last week there was a great deal of hubub about comments made by Bernie Sanders during the confirmation hearings of Russell Vought, a devout Christian and potential deputy White House budget director. If you want more info about the conversation, you can read about it...
by Derek Fekkes | May 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
I used to work in the marketing department for a Bible software and Christian e-book company. In our efforts to “market” our products to people, we would often say things like, “Discover new biblical insights!” or “Go deeper in your Bible study!” And we used phrases...
by Derek Fekkes | May 4, 2017 | Uncategorized
There are two common, yet equally-unbiblical views of how salvation works: legalism and cheap grace. Legalism says, “Everything is dependent on what I do. I must earn and keep up my salvation.” Cheap grace says, “It doesn’t matter what I do. I’m saved by grace so I...
by Derek Fekkes | Apr 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
J.I Packer is a brilliant writer. Put him on the ever-important topic of clarifying the biblical gospel against its substitutes, and you get this: Without realizing it, we have during the past century bartered (the) gospel for a substitute product which, though it...
