Westview Church Podcast

We can be gripped by the fear, guilt, or shame of our sin such that we believe the lie that God could never give us peace, never forgive us, or never make us whole. This is why we need to reorient on the gospel each week and be assured of the pardon that is ours in Jesus. Listen to Pastor Zach's exhortation for more.

The Westview pastoral team returns from a round table hiatus to discuss how we pursue benefiting from God's manifest grace to us through his varied means. We won't follow Christ in all of life if we don't put ourselves in the stream of his grace.

Opposition to Jesus doesn't always look the same. Some times it is rooted in tradition, sometimes in want to just use Jesus, and some times founded in the deceit of sin. In this sermon on Mark 3:1-19, Pastor Brett points to the gathering storm of opposition that leads to the cross.

In this exhortation, Pastor Haakon addresses why we set aside time in our service each week to consider God and his Word that we may repent of sin.

Guest preacher Kenny Ortiz (Cities Church) draws our attention to Psalm 33 and the role of singing in the Christian life.

This recording is an "immersive experience" (read: poor quality with a lot of the ambient noise of worshiping together as families) of Pastor Dan exhorting us to confess our sin lest we deceive ourselves.

Walking in the routine and rhythms of the Christian life can result in a sleepy lethargy of habit and doing things the way they've always been done. In this sermon on Mark 2:13-28, Pastor Brett shows how Jesus is calling us to wake up to the new work he is doing through a new kind of calling, a new method, and a new authority.

Consider how the Bible describes God—he is preeminently glorious and worthy of praise! And yet we so often go about our lives as though he isn't or we don't care. That's why we need to be called to worship each week by God in his Word and repent of not regarding God according to his worth.

Knowledge can be a blessing and a curse. Does what you know lead you to action in following Jesus or does it bind you in fear to either reject him or not fully follow him? In this sermon on Mark 2:1-12, Pastor Brett leads us in considering what different people in the passage know about Jesus and how they respond.

Pastor Haakon exhorts us to have our view of hospitality shaped, infused, and transformed by God's hospitality. It isn't about what your house is like, but do you commend the One who has gone before and promised a place for you in his Father's house?

Who will you worship? We all will worship someone or something. It may be fame, science, acceptance, comfort—whatever or whoever it is, we will offer up our affections to something. In Psalm 29, we're faced with this question. Who will you worship? Pastor Brett preached this sermon on Psalm 29 on July 12, 2020.

Pastor Zach reflects on Westview's mission statement—following Christ in all of life—to lead us into confession.

In this sermon from our outdoor service on June 28, 2020, on Psalm 27 by Brett Toney, we see the psalmist boast in the Lord, lament to the Lord, and insist on the Lord in response to his suffering. Learn more about Westview Church at westviewchurchmn.com .

In this exhortation from our outdoor service on June 28, 2020, Dan Perrel calls us to consider others more significant than ourselves from Philippians 2. Find more about Westview Church at westviewchurchmn.com .

We have our very first guest on the Westview Church Podcast as we discuss a topic that is all the rage right now with books being published, movies being produced, presidential tweets being tweeted ... liturgy. It sounds like an old fogey church word but speaks to the habits that shape our lives. And as we're following Christ in all of life, those habits are really important. Learn more about West...

Community Groups *and* Discipleship Groups? What gives? In this episode, Brett Toney and Zach Krych discuss the vision behind Westview's Community Groups and how they differ in focus and intent from Discipleship Groups. Learn more about Westview Church at westviewchurchmn.com .

Jesus commissioned the Church—all Christians—to make disciples wherever they go by baptizing in the Triune name and teaching to observe all that he commanded. As we are following Christ in all of life at Westview, how are we going to carry out that commissioning? The primary focus will be on Discipleship Groups, the topic of this episode that our leadership team discusses.

Rounding out the focus on Westview's three essentials, the leadership team discusses generous hospitality. This essential really serves to bridge together the first two essentials of gospel growth and joyful mission as we are following Christ in all of life. Learn more about Westview at westviewchurchmn.com or sign up to receive email updates at westviewchurchmn.com/contact .

The Westview leadership team "gets together" for the first socially distant episode to discuss the second essential: joyful mission. Learn more about Westview at westviewchurchmn.com or sign up to receive email updates at https://westviewchurchmn.com/contact .

The Westview leadership team sits down to start talking about the essentials that shape us as a local church. Those essentials are gospel growth, joyful mission, and generous hospitality, with the first in that list being the focus of this episode. Learn more about Westview at westviewchurchmn.com or sign up to receive email updates at https://westviewchurchmn.com/contact .

In this inaugural episode, the Westview leadership team discusses the mission statement that provides the orienting direction of who we are and what we do as a local church—following Christ in all of life. Come along with us as the team shares how this plays out in the life of the church. Learn more about Westview at westviewchurchmn.com or sign up to receive email updates at https://westviewchurc...