Parkside Church Westside Sermons

In Acts 1, Jesus told His disciples, “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Here in Acts 8, God is accomplishing the second phase of that plan as the scattered Church proclaims the good news...

Christmas is full of surprises, shocking ones and delightful ones. Those are even the emotions that we read about, as the events of the first Christmas are laid out for us in the Bible. The delight that fills Mary’s heart with the surprise of her...

In the events of Acts 6 and 7 we have the historical record of the first Christian martyr, Stephen. The resulting factor of his death is that the message of Christianity spreads like wildfire across the ancient world. As the early church historian...

As the early church bursts with growth it becomes increasingly evident that she isn’t going to be able to function with the twelve apostles doing the bulk of the ministry. In Acts 6 we see the picture of an adaptable church. A church in which the...

The remarkable, and at times, humorous events of Acts 5 show us that when the gospel meets opposition, God finds a way to advance his message through the courageous actions of his people. No one is able to overthrow the gospel because it is the power...

The apostles fulfilled a special role in the early church, but in many ways, the dynamics of their lives set the model for us today. As Christian disciples, we are called to imitate Jesus’ love, his mission, his humility, his servanthood, his...

The church in Acts is a thriving church, growing in togetherness, and seeing new converts added to its numbers. Because this is so, the evil one is intent on subverting this oneness by causing disunity among the people of God. What we see in this...

This section in Acts highlights an early situation in which opposition to the church was intensified. In the face of social pressure, the response of the Christians was to pray for social courage. They prayed to be bold for Jesus and to not cowardly...

After healing a lame man, Peter and John face the first recorded persecution of the Church. The reality of the resurrection of Jesus Christ compels them to suffer for his sake, to believe that Jesus alone saves people from their sins, and to tell...