Parkside Church Westside Sermons

In this opening chapter of Proverbs we are listening to a first fatherly talk where the dad says that listening to his words will be for his sons benefit. He wants his son to make good friendship choices and to grow up in a wise way. After listening...

We need wisdom and its benefits. No one likes feeling foolish and no one ever wants to be called out as a fool. The book of Proverbs shows us how to flourish in life by fearing the God who has given us life. | Outline | [I] What Wisdom is (vs. 2-3)...

Though God commanded Jonah to go to Nineveh, Jonah responded by running from God's presence. A theme starts to appear: Jonah chooses his downward direction away from God, and it nearly leads to physical and spiritual death. Yet God mercifully...

We sometimes wonder if there is more to life than what we are currently experiencing. In his quest to understand human existence, the accomplished author of Ecclesiastes 1 paints a bleak picture of life on earth, but his words ultimately point us...

In Job 9, Job, like so many of us, wrestles with personal suffering and a God who seems distant and disinterested. In spite of all his hardship though, Job presses into the face of God relentlessly seeking to hear God's voice.

Adoption is one of the pictures in the Bible that images to us what it means to become a Christian. Our salvation, in Christ, moves us into a new way of relating to God. He isn’t only our creator, he is also, now, our Father, as adoption is an act of...

Jonah's self-titled book traces the story of a runaway prophet, but the real hero in the story is God. In chapter 1, despite Jonah's attempts to run from God's mercy, a crew of pagan sailors will get to meet this merciful God, whose...

In these verses the Apostle Peter tells us how, as grace loving people, we can honor a difficult boss. We can submit to our earthly authorities and respect them by turning our eyes to the Lord Jesus. He’s the one who suffered unjustly but stayed the...

In this part of series on Being a Church we look more closely at our leadership. In the New Testament letters we see that the Lord Jesus who is the head, has appointed pastor-elders to love, lead and look after people of local churches. In this study...

In this Lord’s Supper sermon meditation, we are reminded about coming thoughtfully to the memorial meal. With the Spirit of God’s help, we will find ourselves displeased by the sin that remains in our lives, but at the same time desiring more and more...