Parkside Church Westside Sermons

We live in a fractured time with fractured communities. In many ways, this is similar to the world that the Philippians found themselves in 2,000 years ago. Paul has a simple message for them and for us today. The church finds its unity as we share in...

This sermon shows God graciously calling Jacob back to Bethel for spiritual renewal, even after years of failure and unfaithfulness. Jacob responds by putting away the idols in his household, reminding us that renewal involves turning from the sins...

This sermon confronts the terrible violence done to Dinah and the ways her family makes an already tragic situation worse through silence, deception, vengeance, and self-interest. While Dinah’s brothers are right that what happened to their sister...

This sermon shows that Jacob’s reconciliation with Esau is marked by surprising mercy, as the brother who once wanted to kill him instead runs to embrace and receive him. Yet Jacob remains a work in progress, reminding us that God’s people can...

This sermon shows God bringing Jacob to the end of his own strength so that he learns the blessing of God cannot be secured through striving, scheming, or self-sufficiency, but only received as a gift. Jacob enters the night grappling but leaves...