by Westside Christian Fellowship | Jul 18, 2012 | Articles
BY SHANE IDLEMAN “And when the devil had ended every temptation, he departed from him until an opportune time” (Luke 4:13). One simple story illustrates an example of an opportune time, “Alexander was trying to save all the pennies that he could in order to buy a...
by Westside Christian Fellowship | Jun 30, 2012 | Articles
“We have forgotten God, and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own” (Abraham Lincoln). Over the last few decades, Americans have seen the destruction of...
by Westside Christian Fellowship | May 2, 2012 | Articles
Part one in a series on holiness In the words of the famous hymn writer Isaac Watts, “True Christianity, where it reigns in the heart, will make itself appear in the purity of life.” Of all the attributes of God described in the Bible, holiness is seen most often. Men...
by Westside Christian Fellowship | Apr 28, 2012 | Articles
“For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” Matthew 6:21 Throughout the centuries, the church has watched as the pendulum swung between two thoughts: vows of poverty and the “prosperity gospel.” In times past, Christians equated oaths of poverty with...
by Westside Christian Fellowship | Mar 24, 2012 | Articles
A few years ago, a news report featured a famous athlete who was considering running for political office. As soon as the news correspondent asked about abortion and gay-marriage, the potential candidate became visibly upset. He criticized Christians and ended the...
