4 Ways Christians Should Discuss Politics Differently
Derek Fekkes
Like many, I have observed the increasingly contentious atmosphere of our country (and, to a degree, our world) with a mixture of dismay, confusion, and outrage. I am equally tempted to respond in one of two unhealthy ways: 1) by becoming apathetic towards anything political, or 2) by making political battles the focus of my […]
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 […]
Verses on Prayer
Derek Fekkes
For several years now I’ve kept a piece of paper in the front of my Bible with verses pertaining to God’s word: its trustfulness, power, sufficiency, etc. Glancing over these verses strengthens my confidence in the value and effectiveness of reading God’s word (things that we naturally begin to doubt if we’re not alert), and […]
The biggest failure
Pastor Jim Fikkert
I have watched (and listened) to a few things over the last week that touch on the current notion of purpose. Specifically, the struggle that many are having with a life that feels meaningless, undirected, and utterly purposeless. This feeling causes people to lose joy and motivation in the lives they currently lead. A change […]
Resisting the Scoffers
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” | 2 Peter 3.3-4 Last week I had a conversation with a […]
Using the right tool
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; Where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled […]
Space Mining and the Alien Idea of Sufficiency
Derek Fekkes
I recently came across a couple of quotes that jumped off the page and captured my attention. They both have to do with what I’ll call “lust for stuff.” The first quote was in an NBC News article on space mining (you know, of asteroids and such). The article was mainly concerned with the economic […]
Changing the calendar
Pastor Jim Fikkert
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to […]
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