by Derek Fekkes | Dec 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
A couple of Sundays ago, we looked at 1 Peter 1:6-8, where God, through Peter, calls us to view our suffering and trials in a radically different way than we are accustomed: In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by...
by Derek Fekkes | Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
There are three convictions that largely guide me in life and ministry: God is to be greatly feared. As in, he should be the weightiest and most significant thing in our lives. God is to be greatly enjoyed. As in, life’s greatest and most-lasting joys and satisfaction...
by Derek Fekkes | Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
I’ve been reflecting on evil a lot lately. Let me explain. A few weeks ago, our sermon text forced us to consider the death penalty. Without commenting here on what the Bible has to say about capital punishment, I recognize in myself some natural opposition to the...
by Derek Fekkes | Jul 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
As we’ve been going through our sermon series on evangelism, I have been considering more often than normal how a non-believer would feel in our Sunday gatherings. I’m aware that talking about evangelism might present an awkward situation for a non-believer to sit in...
by Derek Fekkes | Jul 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
I came across this quote by Mark Dever, pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C., this week in my reading. It expresses one of my convictions for Roots Church, that connects with our current sermon series on evangelism. It is this: We want to be a...
by Derek Fekkes | Jun 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
As Christians, most of us have times where we wonder, “Is all of this even real?” Times when we question the intellectual plausibility of faith. Times when the life of faith just doesn’t seem worth the effort. Times when the mountaintop experiences fade into months,...
by Derek Fekkes | Jun 12, 2018 | Uncategorized
Several people have recently mentioned a desire to continue to grow as a church and asked about how we can go about this. This is a good desire, one that I share, and I am encouraged to hear such talk. This is something that has been on my mind more and more and...
by Derek Fekkes | Apr 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
This past week we celebrated our first birthday as a church, having launched services April 23, 2017. So much has happened in this past year that I never could have seen and that is clearly God’s doing. Here are a few of the ways I see God’s hand working, and for...
by Derek Fekkes | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
This past Sunday, we considered what preaching is and why we do it. We believe that the essential task of preaching is to expose God’s word and bring it to bear upon a church. And we believe this because God has ordained to both bring people to saving faith and build...
by Derek Fekkes | Apr 11, 2018 | Uncategorized
For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. –1 Corinthians 1:18 Everyone judges. We can’t help it. It doesn’t matter if you’re religious or not, everyone is judging other people and making...
