by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 22, 2016 | Weekly Words
“Life … is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.” | William Shakespeare, Macbeth It is easy to live for others, everybody does. I call on you to live for yourself. | Ralph Waldo Emerson In this world nothing can be...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 14, 2016 | Weekly Words
The end of all things is at hand; therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of your prayers. Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins. Show hospitality to one another without grumbling. As each has received a...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 9, 2016 | Weekly Words
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jun 8, 2016 | Weekly Words
This week my parents retired. After a career dedicated to teaching high school kids, they taught their last classes. My dad was given the honor of giving the graduation speech and what follows is a perfect representation of how I was raised and how he lived his life....
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 31, 2016 | Weekly Words
But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. | Ephesians 4.7 One of the biggest mistakes Christianity has made is to read the gospel through a Platonic lens. Plato believed that everything on this earth was nothing more than...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | May 10, 2016 | Weekly Words
Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with...
