Archive for April, 2010

All the Words of This Life

Posted by Walter | Filed under Services

Acts 5:17-42 is an amazing picture of the power of God working to get the good news out to all people, even Jesus’ enemies. Here the new Christian community, which doesn’t even have a name yet, is described by an angel as “This Life” — an entirely different way of living in the world together [...]

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 27, 2010

You and the Church and the World

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

How should Christians relate to the world? Acts 5:12-18 shows that a healthy church will have a peculiar relationship to the world, one that attracts some and repels others. The question for Christians today is: Are people attracted, or repelled, for the right reasons? The reasons we see here are the Gospel Message, the Gospel [...]

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

God’s Passion for Community

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

Acts 5:1-16 tells a troubling story in the life of the early church, when two people lose their lives in a dramatic way. While it’s tempting to see it as a regression from the joy of Easter to the drudgery of religion, only God’s deep passion for community explains why it happened. Even in our [...]

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

The Cosmic Gardener Who Knows Your Name

Posted by Westside Church | Filed under Services

On the first Easter Sunday, Mary Magdalene mistook Jesus for a gardener. In their moving interaction that morning, Jesus showed both the cosmic and intensely personal dimensions of his redeeming work, which gives all of us much reason to believe, to see, and to build for his kingdom.

Read more | Comments (0) | Apr 6, 2010