by Westside Christian Fellowship | Jun 12, 2015 | Articles
“You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (influence), how shall its saltiness be restored?” (Matthew 5:13-16). Throughout history, Christians have vacillated between two extremes: compromising with the culture or removing themselves from it...
by Westside Christian Fellowship | Jun 12, 2015 | Articles
Evangelical leader and author, Tony Campolo, recently said this about gay-marriage, “Like so many other Christians, I was deeply uncertain about what was right.” Then added, “I am finally ready to call for the full acceptance of Christian gay couples into...
by Westside Christian Fellowship | May 21, 2015 | Articles
In Russell Moore’s compelling book, Tempted & Tried, a chapter entitled, Why You’re on the Verge of Wrecking Your Life (Especially If You Don’t Know It), caught my attention. Moore writes quoting a scientist who studied cattle behavior, “A slaughterhouse, in order...
by Westside Christian Fellowship | May 21, 2015 | Articles
As a child, I was captured by the stories that my grandfather told about life on the farm in Oklahoma in the early 1900s. The images I’ve held are not those of pleasant surroundings and ideal conditions; they are impressions of twelve-hour days spent working...
by Westside Christian Fellowship | May 16, 2015 | Articles
The devil isn’t dressed in red holding a pitchfork; he comes as everything we’ve always wanted. For some, the enticement is a woman, a well built person at the gym, or a six pack after a hard day at work. For others, its status, recognition, and ego. The...
