The baptism of Jesus is a really pivotal moment in Matthew’s story as we see promise and fulfillment, prophet and king, heaven and earth, water and Spirit, Father and Son. Matthew is showing us God reigns from heaven and that he knows all that happens...

John the Baptist’s life was the fulfillment of a prophecy made 400 years earlier through the prophet Malachi. He was a great prophet like Elijah was, calling God’s people back to him after a long season of silence. He was the voice in the wilderness...

Parkside Westside got our start in September of 2015. Since that time, we’ve been helped by the support of Parkside Church in Bainbridge and we’re thankful for the relationship that we enjoy together. As we’ve become more established in Lakewood the...

God is always at work, using the everyday decisions, actions, and circumstances of our lives to accomplish his good purposes. In Ruth 2, God provides a relative who is a kinsman redeemer (Deuteronomy 25) of Ruth and Naomi,

pointing ahead to Christ...

In Psalm 16, David preaches truths to himself. Because the Lord is his refuge, he can trust that the Lord will preserve his life. Psalm 16 is a Resurrection psalm that points us to the hope of the savior, Jesus, who defeated death so that we may have...

Jesus makes another dramatic statement about his identity and mission when he says, "I am the light of the world." What the cloud of God's glory was for the Israelites as they wandered in the wilderness, Jesus is to world. He shines...

As believers, all of us struggle with spiritual amnesia. We get caught in the same sin patterns and struggles, and tend to forget what God has done for us in Jesus. What’s the cure? Preach the gospel story to yourself every day. Rehearse it over and...

This snapshot from Jesus’s childhood isn’t one of happy circumstances. It’s dangerous and distressing as the little toddler, Jesus, the King of the Jews is being hunted by another king, a monstrous man, called Herod. Which makes this a story about God...

The part that the wise men have in the story of Jesus’s birth is incredible. They’re foreigners who come from far away, paying the cost of their own travel expenses, to pay homage in the home of an obscure Jewish family. During their visit they...

In this meal with Jesus we read of the surprising encouragement that the foreknowledge of the disciple’s failure didn’t stop Jesus from calling them as his own. He allowed them to be his close friends, knowing full well that they would fail him. He...