by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Oct 9, 2015 | Weekly Words
There is a bed in my office. That is not a metaphorical statement, nor is it a comment on my laziness; rather, I am making the observation that currently, where my chairs usually are, I have a cot set up for people to sleep on. This is because we are hosting families...
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 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;...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Aug 13, 2015 | Weekly Words
“The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. | Deuteronomy 29.29 On Sunday, we talked about the limits of knowledge; the shortcomings of believing...
by Pastor Jim Fikkert | Jul 23, 2015 | Weekly Words
Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, how shall we escape if we neglect such a...
