by Derek Fekkes | May 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
I wanted to flesh out a concept I mentioned at our member meeting Sunday, and which I think is very important. That is the need to distinguish between more significant and less significant doctrines. Of course, all truth and all statements about God are important. But...
by Derek Fekkes | May 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, 26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or...
by Derek Fekkes | May 12, 2025 | Uncategorized
I have recommended Jonathan Leeman’s book Authority a number of times, most recently in connection with our look at Ephesians 5 and the authority of husbands. I wanted to give some of the best quotes from the book, to give you a taste and perhaps whet your appetite to...
by Derek Fekkes | May 7, 2025 | Uncategorized
As a pastor and teacher, I want to not only read books supporting my convictions, but also ones that present opposing viewpoints. I don’t assume whatever theological “camps” or positions I align with get everything right; I know that I am susceptible to reading my own...
by Derek Fekkes | May 5, 2025 | Uncategorized
I recently read a book title Scrolling Ourselves to Death. It is an edited work by a number of Christian authors and thinkers, in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the influential book Amusing Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman (which was about the affect of...
