It seems to me that the word “lover” is thrown around too callously these days. But if there is anyone I would nominate for that greatly misunderstood term it would have to be Robertson McQuilkin. Robertson’s book A Promise Kept is nothing less than a contemporary classic on the theme of enduring married love. Robertson [...]
Marriage is our last, best chance to grow up. [Joseph Barth] This past Sunday we began our series Sex and Money. We began with a talk about the relational dynamics of marriage, the true center of sexual identity and expression. While our present era thinks about sex as mechanics and body parts, the Bible speaks [...]
At Westside King’s Church we have made it an annual tradition to begin each New Year with special days of prayer. This has now become part of our annual rhythm, one of the ways we stay committed to a vibrant and focused Christian life. Every year we construct a prayer walk to help focus our [...]
Our Christmas Eve services are this Saturday at 3:00, 4:30 and 6:00 PM. We have given this presentation the title LIGHT! In preparation for this moment of worship and celebration, we have been carrying these words in our hearts, the Christmas story from the Gospel of John (1:1-18, NLT): In the beginning the Word already [...]
This afternoon I wrote a meditation-poem on the Prince of Peace, the shepherds, and the experience of a quieting winter snow. I hope it speaks peace into what amounts to a hectic season for so many of us. How Gently He Comes In times past, when all names meant something, His parents obediently named him [...]
We are in the second week of Advent, this season of waiting and watching for the coming of Christ. This past Sunday, Chris introduced our Advent series with these words: “we are looking at the incredible and unexpected religion-breaking and future-altering newness that entered history 2,000 years ago”. That is a stunning sentence. Thanks Chris. [...]
This past month we have been immersing ourselves in the story of Esther. Last Sunday we read from Esther chapter 6, the story of Haman’s fall, one more example of evil’s inevitable demise. Jeremy did a great job. When you tell the Biblical story well, employ a psalm to illuminate what goes on inside the [...]
We have been immersing ourselves in the story of Esther, the young Jewish woman who becomes queen of Persia. It is a story of surprising twists and reversals, a story of deep providence. It is our hope that you are sitting with the text, taking in the details, musing on the meanings. As with any [...]
What resources do you have for understanding contention and hatred in the world? What stories help you understand what is going on? How do you see God at work in the world, despite its deep threats and hostilities? With such large questions we are reading the story of Esther. We hope it is helpful and [...]
To live the life of faith well, there is something we absolutely must know. Paul reminded the believers in Rome what that was: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose” (Romans 8:28). It is a familiar statement [...]
… put off your old self… [and] put on the new self, created to be like God… [Ephesians 4:22,24] We are talking these days about spiritual maturity, about “growing up” in our Christian faith. This past Sunday we read from Ephesians 4, which contains a basic principle of spiritual formation: we learn by copying, and [...]
In our current series, we are talking about what it means to mature in our faith, using some key thoughts from Paul’s letter to the Ephesians. Last Sunday we talked about growing in our grace-based identity. Paul prays that the believers in Ephesus would be “rooted and established in love” (3:17), an organic image coupled [...]
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