Pastor Dirk
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"that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith." Romans 1:12 Genuine faith naturally inspires others, especially when we remember our role as agents of encouragement.
December 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
"that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other’s faith." Romans 1:12 Genuine faith naturally inspires others, especially when we remember our role as agents of encouragement.
📣 New Podcast! "Christmas Visions of the King (2025): Week 4: A Sign of Hope, Dec 28, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #christmas #gospel #grace #jesus #king #luke #messiah
Christmas Visions of the King (2025): Week 4: A Sign of Hope, Dec 28, 2025
The parents bring their child to a temple built by their ancestors. A priest continues the ancient tradition of ministering at that temple. On this day, however, he will have an unparalleled honor. He will see the very One for whom all of this was built, the One to whom it all points.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:31 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Christmas Visions of the King (2025): Christmas Eve: The First Worshippers Sun, Dec 24, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #christmas #gospel #grace #jesus #king #luke #messiah
Christmas Visions of the King (2025): Christmas Eve: The First Worshippers Sun, Dec 24, 2025
Humble shepherds were the first to kneel before the new King. The church was a stall, and the altar, a manger. Little did they know that this manger would one day be replaced by a cross, and that cross, by a throne. The scene would change, but the worship they began continues today. The Child before whom they bowed is the Christ we still adore.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📣 New Podcast! "Christmas Visions of the King (2025), Week 2: A Heavenly Revelation, Luke 2:8-14, Sun, Dec 21, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #christmas #gospel #grace #jesus #king #luke #messiah #shepherds
Christmas Visions of the King (2025), Week 2: A Heavenly Revelation, Luke 2:8-14, Sun, Dec 21, 2025
Who will receive the honor of first seeing the new King? The rich and famous? Royalty and the noble classes? No, it would be humble shepherds on night watch. They are granted one of the most glorious privileges of all time, to witness an angelic proclamation of the new King!
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December 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Christmas Visions of the King (2025), Week 2: A Heavenly Revelation, Luke 2:8-14, Sun, Dec 21, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #christmas #gospel #grace #jesus #king #luke #messiah #shepherds
📣 New Podcast! "Christmas Visions of the King (2025), Week 1: An Upside-Down World, Luke 2:1-7, Sun, Dec 14, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #christmas #gospel #grace #jesus #king #messiah
Christmas Visions of the King (2025), Week 1: An Upside-Down World, Luke 2:1-7, Sun, Dec 14, 2025
The story opens with an emperor and a humble family. One reigns and the other is forced into a hard, demeaning journey. Little did that emperor know, however, that this was the beginning of his end. A new King would be born who would soon launch His reign over every human heart.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 5: Sharing His Grace, Ezra 6:19-22, Sun, Nov 30, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #ezra #hope #passover #praise #sanctuary #temple #worship
Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 5: Sharing His Grace, Ezra 6:19-22, Sun, Nov 30, 2025
For God’s ancient people, Passover is a powerful celebration of His saving grace, a reminder that He has delivered captives for many generations. As we enter our new Sanctuary, we continue to celebrate that same grace, which still saves us from our own forms of captivity.
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December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
📣 New Podcast! "Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 4: Facing Opposition, Ezra 4:1-4, Sun, Nov 23, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #ezra #hope #praise #sanctuary #temple #worship
Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 4: Facing Opposition, Ezra 4:1-4, Sun, Nov 23, 2025
Building programs are never completed without obstacles. Not everyone in Judah’s region was rejoining in their new Sanctuary. God intervened, however, to ensure that their worship continued. His actions will inspire us as we face our own versions of opposition.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 3: Celebrating New Beginnings, Ezra 3:10-13, Sunday, Nov 16, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #ezra #hope #praise #sanctuary #temple #worship
Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 3: Celebrating New Beginnings, Ezra 3:10-13, Sunday, Nov 16, 2025
When the foundation of the new temple was completed, God’s people again gathered to worship with both joy and tears. Re-entering a Sanctuary can compel strong emotions, as we reflect on what God has done, is doing and will do.
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November 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 2: Gathering as One, Ezra 3:1-3, Sunday, Nov 9, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #ezra #hope #sacrifice #sanctuary #sukkot #temple #worship
Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 2: Gathering as One, Ezra 3:1-3, Sunday, Nov 9, 2025
As a first step in their ancient rebuilding effort, God’s people completed an altar. For the first time in years, the people could offer the sacrifices that their God required. This opportunity to give back to God powerfully inspired their first act of renewed worship. Will our opportunity to worship here inspire a similar response?
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November 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 2: Gathering as One, Ezra 3:1-3, Sunday, Nov 9, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #ezra #hope #sacrifice #sanctuary #sukkot #temple #worship
📣 New Podcast! "Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 1: Moving with God, Ezra 1:1-4, Sunday, Nov 2, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #cyrus #ezra #hope #sanctuary #temple #worship
Re-Entering the Sanctuary (2025), Week 1: Moving with God, Ezra 1:1-4, Sunday, Nov 2, 2025
After decades of captivity, God moved the ruler of an empire to set His people free, so they could return to their Promised Land. This sovereign act of God should inspire us to respond to His call and return to a place of worship.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 5: In His Grace, John 1:16-18, Sunday, Oct 26, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #gospel #grace #incarnation #jesus #john #light #logos
Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 5: In His Grace, John 1:16-18, Sunday, Oct 26, 2025
Sometimes life makes us choose between grace and truth. Can we be gracious while we hold evil doers accountable? Does grace allow us to differ about matters of truth? In Jesus, truth and grace are fully revealed, empowering us to be both truthful and gracious.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 4: In Our World, John 1:14-15, Sunday, Oct 19, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #gospel #incarnation #jesus #john #light #logos
Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 4: In Our World, John 1:14-15, Sunday, Oct 19, 2025
Unlike the gods of myth who are partially divine and partially human, Jesus is both fully God and fully human. As both Son of God and Son of Man, He offers a meaningful way to restore our relationships with both our Heavenly Father and one another.
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October 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong...." Romans 1:11. Any empowering gift that we share with others is a gift that God's Spirit has shared with us. #exploring-gods-story #dirkscornerapp
October 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong...." Romans 1:11. Any empowering gift that we share with others is a gift that God's Spirit has shared with us. #exploring-gods-story #dirkscornerapp
📣 New Podcast! "Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 3: In the Family, John 1:10-13, Sunday, Oct 12, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #family #gospel #jesus #john #light #logos
Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 3: In the Family, John 1:10-13, Sunday, Oct 12, 2025
When God started His family in the Garden, there was a man and a woman who had two sons. That family fell apart, however, and countless generations later, brothers were still killing brothers. Then Jesus comes to bring the family back together.
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October 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you." Romans 1:10. Praying in God's will saves us a lot of time uselessly chasing our own will.
October 6, 2025 at 11:34 AM
"I pray that now at last by God’s will the way may be opened for me to come to you." Romans 1:10. Praying in God's will saves us a lot of time uselessly chasing our own will.
📣 New Podcast! "Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 2: In the Light, John 1:6-9, Sunday, Oct 5, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #gospel #jesus #john #logos
Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 2: In the Light, John 1:6-9, Sunday, Oct 5, 2025
The story in Genesis tells us that God creates light, separating it from darkness. John’s story develops that truth, reminding that Jesus is that light that scatters the darkness in our lives and in our world.
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October 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 1: In the Beginning, John 1:1-5, Sunday, Sept 28, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #gospel #jesus #john #logos
Who Is Jesus (2025), Week 1: In the Beginning, John 1:1-5, Sunday, Sept 28, 2025
John’s Gospel begins with a creation story that has a new twist. He assures us that Jesus was there, “in the beginning”. He engages with us well before He is born in a Bethlehem stable. What difference does this make in our lives?
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September 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Where Is God (2025), Week 6: Assured Peace, Habakkuk 3:17-19, Sunday, Sept 21, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #good_questions #habakkuk #prophecy #theodicy
Where Is God (2025), Week 6: Assured Peace, Habakkuk 3:17-19, Sunday, Sept 21, 2025
A solid trust in God can quiet storms. We will still have them. They will still knock us about. However, they can also drive us deeper into the safest place on earth, our awareness of the sovereign, loving and vigilant presence of God among us.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Where Is God (2025), Week 5: Solid History, Habakkuk 3:1-2, Sunday, Sept 14, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #good_questions #habakkuk #prophecy #theodicy
Where Is God (2025), Week 5: Solid History, Habakkuk 3:1-2, Sunday, Sept 14, 2025
God is not an unknown entity. He has been revealing Himself for generations. As we hear and remember these stories from the past, they inform our expectations for the future.
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September 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
📣 New Podcast! "Where Is God (2025), Week 4: Inspired Patience, Habakkuk 2:1-4, Sunday, Sept 7, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #good_questions #habakkuk #prophecy #theodicy
Where Is God (2025), Week 4: Inspired Patience, Habakkuk 2:1-4, Sunday, Sept 7, 2025
God responds to evil in ways we don’t always understand. Does this mean He is not responding at all? Maybe the way He responds to evil should inspire our response to the broken world around us.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Where Is God (2025), Week 3: Inscrutable Methods, Habakkuk 1:12-13, Sunday, August 31, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #good_questions #habakkuk #prophecy #theodicy
Where Is God (2025), Week 3: Inscrutable Methods, Habakkuk 1:12-13, Sunday, August 31, 2025
Thinkers for thousands of years have asked why God allows evil people to prosper. Habakkuk adds his complaint to this list. What does this inspired complaint tell us about ourselves, our world and our God?
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September 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Hello, all. The updated Dirks Corner Mobile app is now available on both the Apple App Store: apps.apple.com/.../dirks-co.... and the Google Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d.... . It is also accessable on the web: app.dirkscorner.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Hello, all. The updated Dirks Corner Mobile app is now available on both the Apple App Store: apps.apple.com/.../dirks-co.... and the Google Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d.... . It is also accessable on the web: app.dirkscorner.com
"𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘯..." 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 1:9 Serving can be a spiritual thing, if we trust the one we serve. Circumstances may sometimes force us to serve unworthy leaders, but leaders who inspire genuine spiritual service are a rare, Godly treasure.
August 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"𝘎𝘰𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘯..." 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴 1:9 Serving can be a spiritual thing, if we trust the one we serve. Circumstances may sometimes force us to serve unworthy leaders, but leaders who inspire genuine spiritual service are a rare, Godly treasure.
📣 New Podcast! "Where Is God (2025), Week 2: Challenging Answers, Habakkuk 1:5-11, Sunday, August 24, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #good_questions #habakkuk #prophecy #theodicy
Where Is God (2025), Week 2: Challenging Answers, Habakkuk 1:5-11, Sunday, August 24, 2025
Lawyers are told never to ask a witness a question publically, if they do not already know the answer. Habakkuk did not follow that advice. God gives an answer that changed the prophet’s world view. What does this response teach us about our own world view?
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August 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📣 New Podcast! "Where Is God (2025), Week 1: Good Questions, Habakkuk 1:1-4, Sunday, August 17, 2025" on @Spreaker #bible #good_questions #habakkuk #prophecy #theodicy
Where Is God (2025), Week 1: Good Questions, Habakkuk 1:1-4, Sunday, August 17, 2025
The prophet, Habakkuk, was a good man who had some serious questions about his good God, who, at the moment, did not seem very good. Do such questions help us? Do they matter to God?
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August 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM