by Derek Fekkes | May 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
One of the defining characteristics of our age is the vast opportunities for personalization. You can go to Burger King and “Have it Your Way.” Spotify will curate music just for you. Netflix will do the same with movies and shows, Amazon with books (or anything “from...
by Derek Fekkes | May 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”1...
by Derek Fekkes | Apr 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. (1 Corinthians 1:20b-21) This past Sunday, our sermon text...
by Derek Fekkes | Mar 16, 2022 | Uncategorized
This past week’s sermon was from 1 Corinthians 1:4-9, where Paul genuinely gives thanks to God for the Corinthian church, one of the more dysfunctional, immature churches in history (you can listen to it on our website or Apple Podcasts). I said that this is not just...
by Derek Fekkes | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
One of the fascinating things about the book of Ecclesiastes is that the final “answer” at the end of the book seems to have very little relevance to the questions and issues being discussed in the book. But it seems that there is a significant lesson in this....
