How we spend our money tells us where our heart is--what we value, desire, and love. It tells us what we think is worth a sacrifice. In a similar way, how we pray tells us what we think of God, ourselves, Christ's church, our neighbor, and the ...

The Lord's Prayer does not simply show us how to pray.  It is a blueprint for living and giving to the glory of God.  See you Sunday as we begin to explore together this great prayer Jesus taught us.

The home where we have lived and the citizenship of the country we live in profoundly shapes our values, beliefs, life perspective, desires, goals, and dreams, even when we are away from our home and even when we are residing in a different cou...

What do you think of God's Church?  What do you think about Westtown Church?  What difference might it make if you and I saw God's Church, including Westtown Church, the way Christ sees her?  The Bible shows us.  Let's think...

Years ago there was a wonderful little book written by J.B. Phillips called Your God is Too Small. It's what Martin Luther meant when he said to Erasmus in the 16th century, "Your God is too human [like]." The LORD Himself puts it like this in ...

Jesus alone is the Head of God's Church and the King of God's kingdom.  As the risen King, He has a kingdom on earth that He is building that is concentrated in the local church.  Our Lord rules His kingdom on earth through His divine...

How you treat my wife is how you treat me. To injure or love my wife is to injure or to love me. When Saul, the hate-filled persecutor of the early church who later became the Apostle Paul, was confronted by the risen Lord Jesus Christ, He did ...

There was once a man who went and bought a very expensive piano for his home.  No one in his family knew how to play piano nor did he have any intention of learning piano.  But there the piano sat, for years, gathering dust.  God...

It is one thing to be thirsty and know you need water to live.  It is another thing altogether to know where to find that life-giving and life-sustaining water.  It is one thing to know you are a sinner and to find your hope in the so...

What is the secret of becoming better lovers at home, in the church, and of our neighbors in the community?  Speaking of the sinful woman who wet Jesus' feet with her tears, wiped them with her hair, kissed them and anointed them with expe...

Let's re-commit to God's Word in 2025 and beyond.

Advent is a time of anticipation, and this year we’re celebrating the “God of Wonders.” The Christmas story is about the miraculous birth of Jesus but also about the supernatural ways God works in the lives of ordinary people for our good and f...

In the story of the Magi, we see that the news of Jesus’ birth is good news for all people, from all nations. Matthew wants us to examine the responses of The Magi, Herod, and the Jewish Clergy to the news of Jesus’ coming, and see that there’s...

Jesus and Immanuel the two names that told Joseph everything he needed to know about Christ. They tell us about who God is and the salvation we have in him.

In a classic 1979 Steve Martin comedy The Jerk, Steve plays a man named Navin, who bursts with excitement and jubilation when the new published phone book arrives.  We laugh precisely because a phone book doesn't warrant such ridiculous ex...

In the Fall of 1621, our Pilgrim forefathers celebrated a three-day Thanksgiving feast with 90 Wampanoag Indians. They had previously lost about half of their fellow Pilgrims to death due to that harsh first winter, yet, they were thankful to G...

Hear the good news about what God is doing around the world to advance his KingdomWesttown's normal Sunday morning worship services and Sunday School classes will have a missions theme on November 17th. Come and hear all about how ...

During the 16th Reformation, church reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin, and others brought the church back to the clarity of the biblical gospel--the gospel of "justification by faith alone." It is one thing to know God forgives sinners ...

We will all give an account to God at the Final Judgment. So how is it that we as sinners can get right with a holy God? How do we know that God is at peace with us? How can we be assured that we will spend eternity with God and His saints in H...

What does a moderately firm handshake, a limp handshake, a firm handshake, a kiss on the cheek--perhaps once, twice or even three times!--a bow, one's nose to the forehead, a smile and a nod, and sticking out your tongue all have to do with lov...

In the first part of Ephesians 1 Paul lays out for us the doctrine of the Trinity, God’s eternal and perfect family. He also explains how the church is grafted into that family. The Father adopts, the Son unifies, and the Holy Spirit seals us t...

As our church family gathers together, at Westchase Elementary after Hurricane Milton, let us remember the promises God gives us that He is in control and He will deliver us from the storms in our lives. We look to Lamentations 3 and are remind...

The King James Bible says 'charity [or love] vaunteth not itself.' It does not walk around saying, like one of Will Ferrell's movie characters, 'I'm kind of a big deal.' Love doesn't write a book entitled, 'Humility and How I Achieved It.' Rath...

The sin of envy has been placed by Western theologians among the list of Seven Deadly Sins, meaning envy is not simply a particular sin, like an individual weed, but a vice, like a crawling vine that takes over the yard. This is why Rebecca DeY...