The West Side church of Christ

Abraham Lincoln is credited with asking a very famous question: “How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg?” While many would say five, his response was: “Four, calling a tail a leg doesn’t make it a leg.” Society has changed the face of homosexuality by changing how it refers [...]

Shakespeare said: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Just because we change the name of something, doesn’t mean we have changed its nature—it may appear different but it is really the same. Not realizing this, many people have been tricked into approving of sins simply by accepting the new names given [...]

Football in the fall. Basketball in the winter. Baseball in the spring and summer. This minister has been an avid sports fan all his life. But I’ve had it! I quit this sports business once and for all. You can’t get me near one of those places again. Want to know why? I’ll tell you… [...]

Every Christian must be a killer. We are not talking about killing by accident or in the line of duty, but by pre-meditated, deliberate, and methodical murder. In Colossians 3:5, Paul tells us to: “put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. ” [...]

Many people are baptized (sometimes at a young age), but through further study of God’s Word discover they were baptized for the wrong reasons or incorrectly. What to do? Be baptized again or just move on with a fuller understanding, retroactively assigning the correct meaning to the baptism?
Let us consider Acts 19:1-5. Here, Paul runs [...]

In Luke 2:12, the angels announced the birth of Jesus to the shepherds saying: “This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.” The shepherds went and found the Savior swaddled as the angels said. Swaddling is good for children when they are young. [...]

Praise can draw people together by the exchange of appreciation. Praise informs people of a job well done and motivates them to greater achievements. Solomon, however, gives us another perspective on praise we need to consider: “the crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him” [...]

Every Christian has a different level of maturity and as such they have different needs. To treat everyone the same would not meet the needs of every individual. Sometimes you have to give instructions and advice to specific groups. Recognizing this, John addresses three different levels of maturity in 1 John 2:12-29. First, he addresses [...]

It’s All About Jesus–we will be focusing upon the life of Christ this month:
November 2—Announcing Jesus
November 9—Finding Jesus
November 16—Losing Jesus
November 23—Baptizing Jesus
November 30—Following Jesus