A podcast from Dordt University in Sioux Center, Iowa.
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What do you do with your ordinary, everyday life as you go out into the world? In this chapel service, President Hoekstra charges graduating seniors to take what they've learned - both in academics and in Scripture - and carry it into their daily walk, so that others may be drawn to Jesus through the way we live out our faith.
The Song of Songs does show us a perfect romance, but also longing, absence, and pain. In this message, we explore how love exposes us to vulnerability, disappointment, and even wounding, yet also deepens through trust, friendship, and endurance. Ultimately, the Song points beyond human love to a greater love, the love of Christ, who enters our pain, overcomes death, and proves that love is…
The Song of Songs reveals that love is powerful , beautiful, and not to be taken lightly. In this message, we explore why Scripture warns us not to awaken love before its time, how love creates deep vulnerability, and why it must be protected within covenant. In a culture shaped by pressure and confusion around relationships, we are invited into a vision of love that is both passionate and…
The Song of Songs invites us to see the world through the eyes of love. In this message, we explore how love changes the way we see others, not as objects to use, but as persons of infinite worth, and how it awakens a vision of the world as full of beauty, life, and possibility. Yet human love, as good as it is, cannot ultimately satisfy our deepest longing. The message points us to a greater…
Ecclesiastes 12 brings Qoheleth’s hard wisdom to its final conclusion: remember your Creator before the days grow dark and your strength fail. In this Holy Week message, we reflect on what is means to face death honestly, to remember our finitude and accountability before God, and to recognize that only the Creator can make something truly new. The questions of this book point us to God’s answer…
Ecclesiastes 11 reminds us of a simple but unsettling truth: we do not know what the future holds. And yet, the Teacher calls us to boldness. In this message, we explore what it means to live faithfully in the face of uncertainty, to rejoice in God's gifts, to release the burden of control, and to remember that our lives are held by the God who judges and redeems. Because of Jesus Christ, we can…
Ecclesiastes 6 confronts one of life’s most unsettling questions: What is the point? Wealth, success, long life, and even family cannot ultimately satisfy if we cannot truly enjoy them, because every life still ends in death. This message explores the wisdom of contentment in a finite life, learning to receive God’s gifts with gratitude while trusting the God who Sees our lives from beginning to…
Ecclesiastes 3 reminds us that we are creatures of time, living in seasons we do not choose and rhythms we did not write. There is a time to be born and a time to die, a time to weep and a time to laugh. In this message, we explore what it means to receive life's limits as a gift, to recognize beauty in its season, and to acknowledge the longing for eternity that God has placed in our hearts. As…
Ecclesiastes begins with a startling diagnosis: life “under the sun” can feel like smoke: fleeting, frustrating, and impossible to hold. In this Ash Wednesday message, we explore the way this book punctures our illusions about control, success, and satisfaction. Yet Ecclesiastes also invites us to look beyond the smokiness of life to the truth about our fragility, and we hold fast to the deeper…
Psalm 150 brings the book of Psalms to a climactic close with a call for every living thing to praise the Lord. The message explores why singing and praise are central to the Christian life, not because God needs our praise, but because we need to be reoriented toward Him. As praise lifts our eyes beyond ourselves, we discover again the good news of Jesus Christ, who frees us to join the song…
