Archive for February, 2010

Lame No More

Posted by Walter | Filed under Services

In Acts 2:1-9, Peter and John heal a man who had been lame from birth, through the power of Jesus. This event shows us our own need for spiritual restoration through Jesus, while providing a beautiful example of how Jesus uses us to help other people in need.

Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 23, 2010

An Uncommon Life in Common

Posted by Walter | Filed under Services

Acts 2:41-47 give us a beautiful picture of the life of the brand-new Christian church. While every aspect of this picture is not attainable for us today — nor was it for long even for them — we can experience the same power of the Spirit to a great extent by devoting ourselves to the [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 20, 2010

Church is On

Posted by Walter | Filed under Uncategorized

…and will always be on, even in inclement weather, unless power is out in the building. Lots of folks can walk!

Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 13, 2010

More Wounds…Still to be Trusted

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

Peter has a few more wounds for his Pentecost audience and they’re still to be trusted. In particular, David makes the audacious pronouncement that David is dead, but Jesus is not!  For a crowd of people who would have longed for nothing more than David’s heir to assume Israel’s throne, this would have been outrageously [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 9, 2010

Wounds From a Friend Can Be Trusted

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

Our real friends are those who have the courage to tell us the truth.  That’s what Peter does in his Pentecost sermon.  Through a series of outrageously offensive historical observations (three explored in this sermon – you killed him, God planned it and God raised him, two more saved for next week), Peter reveals to [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Feb 2, 2010