Life on the West Side

One Another . Consider how we treat one another. Paul thinks it is a big deal. So should we. The sermon today is titled "Have Jesus' Attitude Toward One Another." It is the seventh installment in our series " One Another ." The Scripture reading is from Romans 15:1-7 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on June 22, 2025. All lessons fit...

One Another . Consider how we treat one another. Paul thinks it is a big deal. So should we. The sermon today is titled "Stop Passing Judgment On One Another." It is the sixth installment in our series " One Another ." The Scripture reading is from Romans 13:8 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on June 15, 2025. All lessons fit under one o...

One Another . Consider how we treat one another. Paul thinks it is a big deal. So should we. The sermon today is titled "Love One Another." It is the sixth installment in our series " One Another ." The Scripture reading is from Romans 13:8 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on June 8, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 6 broad categories:...

One Another . Consider how we treat one another. Paul thinks it is a big deal. So should we. The sermon today is titled "Honor One Another." It is the fourth installment in our series " One Another ." The Scripture reading is from Romans 12:16 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on June 1, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 6 broad categori...

One Another . Consider how we treat one another. Paul thinks it is a big deal. So should we. The sermon today is titled "Honor One Another." It is the third installment in our series " One Another ." The Scripture reading is from Romans 12:10 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on May 25, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 6 broad categorie...

One Another . Consider how we treat one another. Paul thinks it is a big deal. So should we. The sermon today is titled "Be Devoted To One Another." It is the second installment in our series " One Another ." The Scripture reading is from Romans 12:10 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on May 18, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 6 broad...

One Another . Consider how we treat one another. Paul thinks it is a big deal. So should we. The sermon today is titled "Encourage One Another." It is the first installment in our series " One Another ." The Scripture reading is from Romans 1:9-12 (ESV). Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on May 11, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 6 broad cate...

In a world full of lies, pride, and image control, there is a powerful alternative that is as counter-cultural as it gets . Confession, said Michel Foucault, is when we "go on record against ourselves." The sermon today is titled "The Habit of Confession." It is the nineteenth installment in our series " Follow Me ", and the sixth in the sub-series " Spiritual Ha...

What if the story of Jesus emptying himself became the model for our lives? What if the way up is down, the way forward is back, and the way to have, experience, and enjoy more of life...is to practice the habit of less? The sermon today is titled "The Habit of Less." It is the eighteenth installment in our series " Follow Me ", and the fifth in the sub-series " Spiritual...

We heard Jesus and Paul rightly tell us the problem with legalistic prescriptions that made Sabbath day anything but honoring to God. But we failed to see the assumption lying behind Jesus (Matt 11:28-30), Paul (Acts 13, 17, 18), and Hebrews (4:9-11), that God-honoring people would value resting from work, to remember and honor God as the sole creator and sustainer of our lives. The sermon today i...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "Don't Covet." This sermon is the tenth installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:17 (ESV). Originally preached at...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "Don't Bear False Witness." This sermon is the tenth installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:16 (ESV). Originally...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "Don't Steal." This sermon is the ninth installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:15 (ESV). Originally preached at...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "Don't Commit Adultery." This sermon is the eighth installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:14 (ESV). Originally p...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "Don't Kill." This sermon is the seventh installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:13 (ESV). Originally preached at...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "Honor Father and Mother." This sermon is the sixth installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:12 (ESV). Originally preac...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "Remember the Sabbath Day." This sermon is the fifth installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:8-11 (ESV). Originally pr...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "No Name In Vain." This sermon is the fourth installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:7 (ESV). Originally preached at W...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "No Graven Images." This sermon is the third installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:4-6 (ESV). Originally preached at...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "No Other Gods." This sermon is the second installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:1-3 (ESV). Originally preached at W...

These are the 10 words . What culture has improved by dismissing them? What family is not blessed by embracing them? What church is not impoverished by relegating them to a forgotten era? The sermon today is titled "I Am The Lord." This sermon is the first installment in our series " 10 Commandments ." The Scripture reading is from Exodus 20:1-2 (ESV). Originally preached at We...

We feel the need to be behind the wheel . To choose our future. To control our lives. But very little turns out the way we designed. Haven’t we learned by now…We are not masters and commanders of the universe. But we follow the one who is. The sermon today is titled "You Are Not In Control." This sermon is the sixteenth installment in our series " Follow Me ," and is the fifth...

It took decades to form you into the person you are . The stories you’ve come to believe and the ones you tell yourself over and over. The habits and routines you’ve come to rely on that define virtually every morning and every night of your life. The circle that you have chosen (or that has chosen you) for influence and connection. These have shaped you. What if you began to believe good, true, a...

" Information alone does not produce transformation ." John Mark Comer cannot be more right. Whether it's our willpower, our knowledge, or counting on a sudden zap from God, we need something more, something better, something of heaven. The sermon today is titled "Three Losing Strategies." This sermon is the fourteenth installment in our series " Follow Me ," and...

" There are no accidental saints . You can't just slip your hand up at the end of a sermon. It's a high bar of entry: It will require you to reorder your entire life around following Jesus as your undisputed top priority, over your job, your money, your reputation - over everything. Yet all these things will find their rightful place once integrated into a life of apprenticeship.” -...