Our book of the month for October will be Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus by Jonathan Leeman. This helpful little book cogently argues that church membership is far more significant than even those most committed to their local church often realize. Leeman makes his case with wit, humor, and passion, all founded on…
DetailsOn Wednesday, September 27, we will have our Book of the Month fellowship for Crazy Busy. Light refreshments will be provided. Though this book is short, it packs a powerful punch with remarkable verve. While I look forward to a (mostly!) serious discussion of the book at our fellowship, I hope you enjoy this hilarious mock…
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Our book of the month for September is Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book About a (Really) Big Problem. With warmth, humor, and honesty, Kevin DeYoung explains why a life of constant chaos is far from what God intends, and helps you strike a balance between doing nothing and doing everything. Discover the restful cure…
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Our book of the month through the end of August is Stop Asking Jesus Into Your Heart: How to Know for Sure You Are Saved. The author, J. D. Greear, struggled for many years to gain an assurance of salvation and eventually learned that he was not alone. “Lack of assurance” is epidemic among evangelical…
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On Sunday, July 2, we will have a brief (no more than 15 minutes) teachers meeting immediately after the morning service for all teachers and helpers involved in the Wednesday evening children’s classes at Westside Baptist Church. We will meet in the Equipping Center. Those who are not currently involved in this ministry but who are interested in…
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Our book discussion for Tony Reinke’s book, Twelve Ways Your Phone is Changing You, will be held on Wednesday, June 28 at 6:00 pm. Please note that this is a different time than our discussions are normally held. In addition to coffee and cookies, we will provide light refreshments. Please let me know if you plan…
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Our church created this special video to honor Pastor Craig Houston who has faithfully served this congregation for over fifteen years. Enjoy!
According to Mark Federman, the message of a new technology, the ideology carried within it, is “the change in inter-personal dynamics that the innovation brings with it.” So the “message” of a particular television show is not the show itself, with all its dramatic scenes and storytelling, but the change in attitude or the change…
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Our book of the month for April is Servanthood as Worship: The Privilege of Life in the Local Church. As the book is quite brief, we will not have a formal reading schedule. We will have a coffee and cookies fellowship for those who have read the book after the evening service on Sunday, April…
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He [God] was desirous to hear him groaning, and see him bleeding, that we might not groan under his frowns, and bleed under his wrath; he spared not him, that he might spare us; refused not to strike him, that he might be well pleased with us; drenched his sword in the blood of his…
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