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....
by Derek Fekkes | Feb 15, 2022 | Uncategorized
What is to be a Christian’s attitude towards sin? While most would agree that becoming a Christian involves an acknowledgement of and change in attitude towards sin (called repentance), there is less agreement about a Christian’s disposition towards sin as they...
by Derek Fekkes | Jan 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Ecclesiastes takes us on a quest to figure out the key to life: What is life about? What are we doing here? Where can satisfaction be found? And one of the conclusions of the book is that mankind cannot figure out the key to life! It is a quest we are all on, and yet...
by Derek Fekkes | Jan 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
I used to do a “state of the church address” each January. I haven’t been as consistent with these recently, but wanted to share some reflections on the church as we enter a new year, especially given the unique challenges of the past two years. To make it simple,...
by Derek Fekkes | Dec 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
I just finished listening to the widely popular podcast series, The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill, and wanted to share a few takeaways I had. I share these intentionally in a general way, to be beneficial whether you’ve listened to the series or not. Each point is...
by Derek Fekkes | Nov 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
In light of last week’s sermon on God’s providence (from Ecclesiastes 3:1-15), I’ve written a couple of blog posts this week unpacking this massive and important topic. In the first, I argued that the claim that God is providentially working, ordaining, bringing about...
by Derek Fekkes | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
After preaching on the topic of God’s providence this past Sunday, I am writing a few blog posts to dig into this important topic more. Yesterday, I tried to explain that there is great comfort in knowing that God is providentially working, ordaining, bringing about...
by Derek Fekkes | Nov 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
This past Sunday, our text of Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 had us consider the topic of God’s providence. Verse 11 states, “He has made everything beautiful in its time.” The word translated “beautiful” means “appropriate, fitting, lovely.” And in context, it refers back to...
