Westside Church of Christ

Beginning next Sunday (September 20), we’ll begin the process of appointing additional elders and deacons. A couple of years ago I asked 8 men with a collective 340 years of preaching and teaching experience (a number of whom are elders) the following question: “What is the most overlooked thing in an elder selection process in a congregation?” It was amazing, that to a man, ...

No one can take Jesus and the gospel seriously who doesn’t also take relationships seriously. We were made for relationships – a relationship with God, the church, our families, our fellow man and even our enemies (cf. Gen. 2:18). Every painful thing we experience in human relationships is meant to remind us of our need for God and a relationship with Him. Here’s 7 relationsh...

Don’t you love easy questions? Sometimes we are hammered with difficult questions that can take time and much thought to contemplate and respond. Jesus asked an easy question in John 5:6, “Do you want to be made well?” It was a question posed to a man who had been plagued with an infirmity for a period of 38 years. Can you imagine suffering for that long and someone coming an...

The difference between good Bible students and great ones really boils down to this – the ability to ask and to answer questions of the text in order to better know, love and obey God. Note two distinct but interrelated aspects.