Parkside Church Westside Sermons

When Jesus appeared on the scene as a baby, it was more than just a feat of nature. It was, as J. I. Packer put it, a "wonder of grace." He became a baby not as a spectacle, but as an incredible act of love. Jesus became poor for his people...

Advent is a good time for us to renew our sense of awe and astonishment at the miracle of the incarnation. To keep our confession of the Word made flesh at the very center of our church’s life, worship and witness. Jesus didn’t just become man because...

The beatitudes aren’t a description of an ideal life in an ideal world. This is Jesus’s vision for how we can live a flourishing life in this fallen world. But what he’s saying is probably not what we expect to hear or even want to hear. Why? Because...

This final beatitude directs our vision forward in time, by nudging us to see, that our time here on earth is not going to be the place of our best lives. As Christians, we have to learn to place our expectations for happiness beyond this place. In...

There is a great need for peacemakers. A deep need for people to hear what Jesus is saying in this beatitude and take it to heart. He is inviting us into a way of being in him that will result in flourishing and happiness. He will bring inner peace to...

Do you want to be happy? It’s not money, possessions, or an easy annoyance-free life, that will give you this thing. In this beatitude Jesus says that purity of heart is the way. Those who are blessed and happy know that their one uncompromised...

In this beatitude, Jesus isn’t just talking about acts of mercy, he’s getting at the interior life of his people. Mercy isn’t something you add to your life, it’s carried out by those who are merciful. To be a Christian, is to possess a certain...

Do you hunger for the righteousness that Jesus speaks of here? It’s not enough to merely be a “beatitude #1 and #2 Christian.” It’s not enough to just mourn over our spiritual condition, we must also hunger for flourishing and righteousness. That is...

To be poor in spirit and mourn over your sin is to know that you are needy. That you don’t have enough in you, to rely upon yourself and so you are deeply dependent upon God to provide what you lack and need. If you’ll position yourself in this way...