Day 3: The Apostles’ emphasis
Pastor Andrew Latulippe
Reading: The Cross of Christ, pg. 38-45 24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. 1 Peter 2.24 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ […]
Day 2: The Perspective of Jesus
Pastor Andrew Latulippe
Reading: The Cross of Christ, pages 31-38 31 And he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. 32 And he said this plainly. And Peter took him […]
Day 1: The Centrality of the Cross
Pastor Andrew Latulippe
Further reading The Cross of Christ, pages 23-31 18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1.18 ESV The Christians’ choice of a cross as the symbol of their faith is the more surprising […]
A letter on church planting
Pastor Jim Fikkert
And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And […]
Fruitful Witness
Pastor Jim Fikkert
By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in […]
Relational Tension
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. | 2 Corinthians 13:11 We finished the book of 2 Corinthians Sunday, and pastor Andrew led us through the salutation of this letter to the church in Corinth. […]
Process vs. Product
Pastor Jim Fikkert
“What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. | Isaiah 1:11 At our men’s breakfast on Saturday, I […]
Just keep going
Pastor Jim Fikkert
But as it is, God arranged the members in the body, each one of them, as he chose. If all were a single member, where would the body be? As it is, there are many parts, yet one body. | 1 Corinthians 12:18–20 I had a number of people comment to me over the last […]
A different sort of resolution
Pastor Jim Fikkert
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. […]
It doesn’t feel like Christmas
Pastor Jim Fikkert
At our pastor’s meeting yesterday, there was a general consensus that the Christmas season didn’t have its usual feel. There were a lot of different reasons for this around the room: one guy just had a wedding for his daughter, another is dealing with health issues, and one (me) just moved is unsettled in the […]
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