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  • Nickolas Kooi

    Contributing sermons since May 3, 2017
Nickolas's church

Emmaus
, Minnesota

About Nickolas
  • Education: Pre-seminary Studies Major at Concordia University Wisconsin with a Biblical languages minor. Later I received a Masters in Divinity from Concordia University Wisconsin
  • Experience: I just started as a pastor in 2016, but have preached for the last four years.
  • Sermon or series that made a difference: Reed Lessing's Singing with the Exiles was helping in teaching me how to preach and apply texts.
  • What my parents think of my sermons: They like them, and they aren't shy about sharing their thoughts
  • What my spouse (really) thinks of my sermons: She says that she likes them, but she is a nice lady :)
  • Best advice given to me about preaching: "Just preach the Gospel"
  • Hobbies: Watching hockey, reading, video games, soccer, coaching, walks, volleyball, family, and translating
  • Something funny that happened while preaching: Someone fainted during my first time preaching at my vicarage church
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  • Sabbath Sympathy

    Contributed on Jun 1, 2018
     | 3,640 views

    Never one to back down from a fight, Jesus takes the bait, and summons the man. He literally says, “Rise in the midst of the group.” And there are two reasons for this request. He wants everyone to see and witness this event. He wants him up and in the middle. The second is this. As a ...read more

  • Mr. Incredible, Jesus, And The Pharisees

    Contributed on Jun 1, 2018
     | 3,578 views

    In the movie The Incredibles, there is a scene where ex-Super Hero Bob Parr, aka Mr. Incredible, has a confrontation with his boss. Mr. Incredible has been forcibly retired from the hero business for years, and is working at an insurance company. He is doing a good job, but too good of a job. He ...read more

  • The Joy Of A Pb And J

    Contributed on Sep 14, 2017
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     | 5,203 views

    In the Christian congregations at Rome, some believers still kept these things. Others did not. The “weak,” those who don’t realize or understand their full freedom in Jesus, still continued to abide by these things. These believers were cautious with these food laws, and just ate vegetables to ...read more

  • Car Keys

    Contributed on Sep 7, 2017
     | 3,429 views

    “You shall not steal,” the Seventh Commandment. Not only do we not take what is not ours, we actually help to improve and protect the possessions and income of other people. I had this done to me a few weeks. I was finishing up something at home on a Friday, and Dawn came to pick me up in the ...read more

  • The Houston Hero

    Contributed on Aug 30, 2017
     | 4,649 views

    Abe Minor, a man nicknamed “The Houston Hero,” has been rescuing people all week. He started by being sent by his wife to rescue her friend’s family, which included four kids, one of which was an infant. As he was going there, others called out for his help as they saw him with his boat. He said ...read more