Archive for August, 2009

Meeting Together

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

Our sixth Forming Habit is Meeting Together, which the author of Hebrews explains beautifully as a privilege of drawing near to God through the work of Christ. The text is Hebrews 4:19-25. If you’d like to download the sermon, right-click  this link and select “Save as…” or “Download linked file.”

Read more | Comments (0) | Aug 27, 2009

Chris Surdo testimony

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Events

Our brother Chris Surdo was baptized Sunday, first sharing his testimony of coming to faith in Christ. If you’d like to download the sermon, right-click this link and select “Save as…” or “Download linked file.”

Read more | Comments (0) | Aug 25, 2009

A Joyful Noise

Posted by Walter | Filed under Services

This fifth forming habit, singing praise to God, is modeled in Psalm 96, where we see how the habit works to make us sane, realigning us with what is true about God and ourselves and his world. Unfortunately, the sermon was not recorded this week.

Read more | Comments (1) | Aug 17, 2009

Repentance and Faith

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

The fourth sermon in our Forming Habits examines the essential Christian practice of repentance and faith, as described in James 4:1-10. Learning to practice repentance and faith on a daily basis steeps us in the heart of the Gospel, cleansing us of besetting sin and renewing us with fresh joy, praise, and energy for loving [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Aug 12, 2009

Prayer

Posted by Walter | Filed under Services

Returning to our series on Forming Habits, we looked at Paul’s plea for prayer in Philippians 4:4-7.  To consider how counter to our natural mindset it is, consider this reverse-paraphrase of the passage: Strive on your own always; Again I will say: Strive! Let your responsibleness be known to everyone. The Lord is busy; Don’t [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Aug 4, 2009