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A God-Given Name
It is a thought that should be a source of great joy and comfort – the church belonging to Jesus was in the mind of God from eternity! God was not caught off-guard when the crown of His creation, Adam and Eve, would make the choice to disobey and bring sin into the world. God knew that provisions would need to be made in reconciling the relationship that sin had broken between Himself and mankind. He knew that redemption would…
Walk this Way
It’s safe to say there’s no richer book in all the New Testament than Ephesians. It often has been noted that the first three chapters of Ephesians says a great deal about a Christian’s wealth in Christ (cf. 1:3; 2:4-7). At the beginning of chapter four, Paul really starts to stress the importance of the Christian’s walk (4:1,17; 5:2, 8,15). And the reason why is quite simple – belief strongly influences behavior. Due to the remarkable riches that have been…
Why a Marriage Seminar?
A few years back, our shepherds suggested Cherie and I do a Marriage Seminar here at Westside. Westside hasn’t had one in quite a while. If memory serves properly, John and Carla Moore conducted our last one about 6 years ago. Cherie and I last did one at Westside 13 years ago. Admittedly we are older now, but we hope we won’t be too out of touch, out of date or out of sharing our amazement of what God-centered marriage…
Showers of Blessings
Showers of Blessings – That’s the theme of our Gospel Meeting with John Gooch beginning on Sunday. And the theme really does say a lot about what our Gospel Meeting on October 6-9 holds for us. I did some study of rain in the Bible and the expression “Showers of Blessings” took on even greater meaning. When Paul and Barnabas were at Lystra they taught about God saying, “Yet He did not leave himself without witness, for He did good…