Parkside Church Westside Sermons

When Jesus is betrayed and left all alone he goes quietly and willingly with his captors. He could have easily escaped or called upon the angels of heaven to be his defenders, but he didn’t. He settled his heart in the knowledge of God’s plan and...

In these verses we get a unique window into the inner world of Jesus and the way he was greatly distressed and troubled in the Garden of Gethsemane. The worse part that Jesus would face in becoming our sin-bearer is that he would experience alienation...

The idea of followers of Jesus being betrayers and failures isn’t something that we expect to encounter but that’s the sometimes reality for us. We are often discouraged; we disappoint others and feel like a disappointment ourselves. But being a...

Our narrator paints a striking contrast between the loyalty of Mary and the treachery of Judas in these verses. One person gushes in gratitude toward Jesus; the other schemes in greediness against him. Judas is trying to use Jesus for personal gain...

In these final verses of Mark 13 Jesus teaches us that we aren’t to get caught up in trying to predict the future, but instead are to be making it our aim to be faithful in the present. In the final days there will be false Christ’s, nations in...

Psalm 130 is the song of someone who knows the depths of guilt before God, yet experiences the freedom and assurance of God's forgiveness. The psalmist's example offers hope to those who doubt God's full and free forgiveness, and it...

What Jesus teaches about the abomination of desolation and the tribulation is part of a larger conversation, in Mar, 13, that he’s having with his disciples about the end of time. These are challenging verses to study as Christian people, who love...

The 13th chapter of Mark contains a final address from Jesus, as spoke to his disciples extensively before the upcoming events of his arrest and crucifixion. He tells them about unsettling future events, times of assured struggle for his followers...

The widow in our passage lives in dire poverty, but her hope is in the Lord, whom she looked to as her protector. We learn from her example that real generosity will actually cost us something. She gave all that she had. That’s just what Jesus will do...

Loving your neighbor as yourself and loving God with all of yourself is a tall task that will eventually crush you. If you’re trying to do it on your own you’ll end up being either puffed up or tuckered out. But when you realize that you don’t...