Parkside Church Westside Sermons

Where the gospel is at work, it produces new life which is a cause of enormous joy, and where the gospel is being sustained and there is good news about faith and love, then those who hear it find their life is enriched as a result. When Paul heard...

We can’t escape a life of anxious circumstances, but we can discover that those who trust in the Lord, in the experiences of fretfulness, will see their anxiety relieved. As we depend on God our fears and cares are quieted down a little more. We see...

Sometimes the circumstances of life leave us asking the question: "Does God care?" This was the case for Naomi in the book of Ruth. God's answer to Naomi's question comes in a way we may not expect—in the form of people who...

When we face social ostracization it’s easy to feel as if we’re all alone. Physically we can feel nauseous and relationally we can feel isolated. When experiences like that happen, it can feel like no one else is really able to understand what we’re...

The Thessalonians recognized that Paul wasn’t like other speakers, philosophers and teachers, but that there was something palpably different about the weight of his words, and the insight into the human condition that they offered. People picked up...

Sometimes it’s difficult to see where we’re going in life. The future can look foggy and foreboding. At the same time, it can be easy for us to forget where we came from. For the Christian, one danger of forgetfulness is that it can lead to wandering...

Despite Naomi's meager outlook on her future in, God is at work behind the scenes to direct the course of her life and the course of history. Ruth 2 teaches us an important lesson about God's providence: that he is constantly guiding...

Baptism is one of the two ordinances that we share in as a church. This, along with the Lord’s Supper are two sacraments that are really important to use because Jesus both commanded and commended them to us. God brings his blessing to us through...