Honoring Authority
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the […]
Wisdom and discernment
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. | Romans 12:2 I had a friend ask me this week for a definition of wisdom. He was asking, as […]
Work of the Spirit
Pastor Jim Fikkert
In John 16, we looked at Jesus preparing the disciples for the coming of the Holy Spirit. In this, we studied what Jesus said the Holy Spirit has come to do. This is important, because there are a lot actions attributed to the Spirit today that do not align with the stated purpose of the […]
One unifying story
Pastor Jim Fikkert
I love to tell the story; For those who know it best Seem hungering and thirsting To hear it like the rest. And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song, ’Twill be the old, old story, That I have loved so long. I love to tell the story, ’Twill be my […]
Death is temporary
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” “O death, where is your victory? […]
Playing by His own rules
Pastor Jim Fikkert
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 This week I preached on the sovereignty of God; specifically, that God does as He chooses based on His […]
Should I stay or should I go?
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. | Genesis 47:27 This week’s sermon was on Genesis 47, but we stopped at verse 26, because the rest of the chapter is more about Jacob’s impending death and it […]
Ministry of reconciliation
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no […]
2 Types of grief
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death. For see what earnestness this godly grief has produced in you, but also what eagerness to clear yourselves, what indignation, what fear, what longing, what zeal, what punishment! At every point you have proved yourselves innocent in the […]
Healing
Pastor Jim Fikkert
On Sunday, we talked about the process of restoration and how it is our job to bring the healing work of Jesus into the world; bringing all things under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. The depth of these two acts can not be simply laid out. It is a lifetime of little things: rituals, habits […]
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