December 30, 2018
What does it look like to live in response to grace? How can we grow in our appreciation for Christmas? The answer to both is the same: live your life with dependence on God. While that sounds simple, our default is to want to control the outcomes. The gospel is a motivation that allows us […]
December 23, 2018
Their is a Cost to discipleship. While this cost comes on the heels of great reward, it nonetheless requires sacrifice. As we think through the value of the gift of Jesus Christ, we must consider what we would joyfully set aside with but a glimpse of the fullness of grace. What we would give up […]
December 16, 2018
The gift of Christmas has a cost. We see this cost paid on the cross. Even before Jesus dies, He has already given a lot. The incarnation is how Jesus steps down from heaven to inhabit a world of sin.
December 9, 2018
For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son. This is part of the best known verse in the Bible, and yet, we often don’t reflect on the sacrifice that this love cost. This week we will look at what the Father gave in order to secure redemption for His people.
December 2, 2018
When we don’t recognize the cost paid for our salvation, we don’t value the gift of Christmas as we should. We look at Christmas through the eyes of the Apostle Peter, the OT prophets, and the angels, to help us see how great the gift of grace is. *the first 5 minutes of the sermon […]
December 21, 2014
A light that still shines today | JOY | John 1.14-18 | Derek Fekkes And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of […]
December 14, 2014
A light bright enough to provide warmth | LOVE | John 1.9-13 | Jim Fikkert The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own […]
December 7, 2014
A Light bright enough to outshine darkness | PEACE | John 1.4-5 | Jim Fikkert In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
November 30, 2014
A Light bright enough to shine back | HOPE | John 1.1-3 | Jim Fikkert In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was […]