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Westview Church is about following Christ in all of life. Subscribe to this feed as we discuss how that mission plays out in a different aspect of life through our exhortations, sermons, and conversational episodes. Learn more about us at westviewchurchmn.com.
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This is a reading of the article "Pastoring Home to Home," written and read by Pastor Brett. You can read the article at https://westviewchurchmn.com/blog.
Imagine you are face-to-face with Satan himself as he puts strong temptations before you. How would you defend yourself? Jesus modeled how by making use of memorized Scripture. You can have access to the Word but all the better to have it at the ready in your heart. Listen to Toby Phillips' exhortation to arm yourself for more.
We expect to see wickedness in the gutter of society and among the seedy back alleys, but in the place of justice? It is grievous, yet we can trust God's justice as all will die and stand before him. Listen to Pastor David's sermon on Ecclesiastes 3:16-4:3 for more.
This is a reading of the article "Leaving Well," written and read by Pastor Brett. You can read the article at https://westviewchurchmn.com/blog.
Consider that God rejoices over us, his children, with gladness. Should we not obey Jesus' call to receive children in his name with the same disposition as our Father in Heaven? Listen to Pastor Zach's exhortation for more.
“This thing all things devours / Birds, beasts, trees, flowers / Gnaws iron, bites steel / Grinds hard stones to meal / Slays king, ruins town / And beats mountain down.” Time—we can’t escape it. Solomon is leading us to lay down our vain grasp on control and trust in God. Listen to Pastor Brett's sermon on Ecclesiastes 3:1-15 for more.
Our bodies hunger so that we might know that our souls hunger. And while our souls are not as loud of complainers as our stomaches, our souls need more than a granola bar. Listen to Michael Urch’s exhortation to fatten your soul for more.
We have such an inadequate understanding of our sin and a far worse understanding of God’sholiness. It feels like God’s judgment on humanity and the creation was severe, but that’s because we are too focused on an enlarged view of ourselves. Indeed, death will come to all despite our toil and anguish in a weary, windy world that continues ever onward. Listen to Pastor Brett’s sermon on Ecclesiastes 1:3-18 for more.
Both God and man covers sin. One covers with mercy, the over with pride. You can have all kinds of coverings for sin but the only one that will be of any good is: Christ. Listen to Pastor David’s exhortation to cover your sin for more.
Ecclesiastes is a confusing, perplexing book that often leads us to ask, “God, what are you doing?” Just like life. Amid the anguish and sorrows of this vaporous life, can joy be found? Listen to Pastor Brett’s sermon orienting us to this book.
Do you feel how wealthy you are? Our thoughts first go to money, but the wealth of God’s Word is better than any amount of money. We are filthy rich having God’s own recorded words in our possession. We are billionaires when it comes to God’s Word. Do you believe this? Listen to Pastor Zach’s exhortation for more.
Does God still speak today? Can you still hear his voice audibly, infallibly, and authoritatively? Just open up your Bible and read aloud. That's the opportunity afforded to us as we hear the prophet Micah speak. Though he prophesied long ago, his message of God being the only God who is so great as to distribute both judgment and restoration is still applicable today. Listen to Pastor Brett's introduction and reading of the prophet Micah for more.
Forgiveness is at the heart of faith. Is it at the heart of your life? In Christ, all is forgiven—completely and pervasively—at great cost. Will you forgive? Listen to Pastor David’s exhortation to forgive as you’ve been forgiven for more.
The feeling of life slipping through your fingers as sin and suffering compound is a difficult perplexity. But it has a design. It is the Lord who has done it. And one purpose is to hedge and lead you to pray, “My hope is in you.” At such times, grab hold to the waiting rope of hope in God. Listen to Pastor Brett’s sermon on Psalm 39 for more.
This is a reading of the article "Samaritan Benevolence," written and read by Pastor Brett. You can read the article at https://westviewchurchmn.com/blog.
As a church, we read and affirm our covenant commitments to one another whenever we welcome new people into that relationship of accountability. We do well to consider the covenant and repent of those things that we have done that we ought not do or have left undone. Listen to Pastor David's exhortation for more.
All of us can have a default way of thinking about or relating to the Lord. However, we need to check that from time to time lest we have a deficient understanding of who God is. Psalm 35, among other imprecatory psalms, helps do that as it leads us to pray for vindication rather than vengeance. Listen to Pastor Brett's sermon for more.
Here is an article titled, "Our Fall Trellis," written and read by Pastor Brett. You can read this article at https://westviewchurchmn.com/blog.
There can be many reactions that one has to the sin of others. We can be shocked, grieved, appalled, sorrowful, or numerous other responses. But one thing we ought never respond with is contempt. The very grace we have been shown undercuts such contempt. Listen to Pastor Zach's exhortation to regard none with contempt for more.
The nation of Judah was sent into exile to be chastened by the LORD's covenant curses due to their persistent idolatry. And bearing that discipline was what the psalmist laments over in Psalm 102. Yet he laments discipline to the King who hears in the confidence of future praise and global hope. Listen to Pastor Brett's sermon for more.
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