Made for more
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me all that I ever did.” So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. And many more believed because of his word. They said to the woman, “It […]
EQUIP | The Naces
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Grady came and shared with us about how mission life does not always go as expected. This is a little bit different from the usual missionary highlight reel, as he opened up candidly about some of his struggles and how it can be very difficult to understand why certain things are happening. He concluded: Rather […]
Don’t be sorry, be better
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that […]
Vain discussions
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. Certain persons, by swerving from these, have wandered away into vain discussion, desiring to be teachers of the law, without understanding either what they are saying or the things about which they make confident […]
I am tired
Pastor Jim Fikkert
At that time Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the […]
When being right is wrong
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. | Proverbs 14:18 Kids tend to grow up with a strong sense of right and wrong. For some kids this is around the issue of justice: that’s not fair! For others this is about morality: Johnny said a bad word! For me, this sense […]
Modern Pharisees
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Reading through the gospels, it is impossible not to dislike the Pharisees. They are always lurking around, trying to figure out how to get Jesus killed, or confronting Him to trap Him in some theological riddle (which never works). Jesus Himself got pretty frustrated with them, calling them: a brood of vipers, whitewashed tombs, and […]
The skeptic and the antagonist
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. | Proverbs 9:7–8 I ended my last blog post with a reference to ‘shaking the dust off of […]
Losing our voice
Pastor Jim Fikkert
How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet […]
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