Parkside Church Westside Sermons

After the miraculous healing of the lame man, Peter is presented with the unexpected opportunity to preach to an astonished group of people who have come running to the sounds of the healed man’s praise. As they are all huddled together, staring at...

The opening scene in Acts 3 shows us that what Jesus began during his earthly ministry, is now being continued through Peter, John and the rest of his immediate followers. The miracle worked by Peter, in the man born lame, points beyond the moment, to...

In these important final verses in Acts 2 we have what is a template-like description for all churches. These are the basics we must stick to and the activities we must not stray from. The dawning days of church-life in Acts, sets the mold for the...

What’s the role of the listener in preaching? That’s the question that we unpack together in our ongoing study of Acts 2. Previously, we discovered through Peter’s example what a Christian sermon is to sound like. As he read the Scriptures, explained...

In this middle portion of chapter two, we hear the Apostle Peter preach his first sermon. In it, he refutes the accusation of drunkenness made against the followers of Jesus and explains that the bewildering events that are happening are what the...

On the day of Pentecost, God’s Spirit came upon the people of God, and stayed with them in a never before known way. With his presence and dwelling came new days of spiritual liveliness and power for God’s people. In the first part of this study on...

In this sermon, more of the vision and details are laid out for our new building campaign. There is a need for us to raise additional funds amongst ourselves, for the financing of our future building and we hear how we have the opportunity to marshal...

After the ascension, the apostles and believers take their first steps as Jesus's Church. Though their situation is one of uncertainty (they are waiting for the Holy Spirit and they are down one apostle), they respond in faith by turning to God...

The Bible isn’t primarily a search engine for our spiritual inquiries. It’s a historical story that has one star actor, Jesus, through whom, God is reconciling the world to himself. In fact, all of the Bible is about him, or building up the storyline...

As we commemorated the blending of our two churches together we were encouraged to remember, that while it was the planning and prayers of our church leadership teams, that became the means to our churches blending together, even more so, it was the...