by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Aug 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed. | Hebrews 12:12-13 On Sunday, I preached on the issue of character. I made the claim that...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jul 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
A tranquil heart gives life to the flesh, but envy makes the bones rot. | Proverbs 14:30 On Sunday, we looked at Psalm 37, which calls us to trust in God against all odds. David was reminding us that God is bigger than our suffering, but also bigger than the fear of...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jul 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness. Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good | Titus 2:2–4 As we opened up...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 28, 2023 | Uncategorized
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another. | Ephesians 4:25 In my sermon Sunday, I ended with a quote from Tim Keller, the pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, who...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
See, I have taught you statutes and rules, as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. Keep them and do them, for that will be your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who,...