September 2006
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Reflections on Youth Lectures
Rusty Miller
“Joyful, joyful, we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love.”
Even now, it is difficult to express what it means to be able to sing those words in praise to our God joined by a chorus of over 500.
Our recently concluded Youth Lectures afforded us an opportunity to do just that, as we were blessed by attendance of more than 500 on each of the three days of the meeting. And while the Lectures are not about numbers, the growing success of this endeavor is reflected by that sustained attendance. When the Youth Lectures began in 1995, crowding over 300 people into our old building on Pioneer Drive, it was next to impossible to imagine such a large group of people (young, old and in-between).
Understanding the Significant Past - Reflections on Visiting Pearl Harbor
Warren Berkley
I’ve just returned from a four day trip to Hawaii, and the most important event during my stay was the visit to the Pearl Harbor Memorial and the USS Arizona Monument located in the bay. I was there all day and it was a powerful and valuable personal experience.
Let us Reason Together: Thinking About Thinking
Mark Roberts
What exactly is the role of reasoning in pleasing God? Even a brief look at Westside will find we place a huge emphasis on the mind and its use. We encourage the study of the Bible relentlessly. We expect our members to be able to give a reasoned and reasonable answer to questions like “How do you know there is a God?” and “Why don’t you have a piano?” For some this is all a mistake. They are unhappy with such a cerebral approach to religion. They complain that logic doesn’t lead us to God, or that the rules of establishing Bible authority are “preacher rules.” Perhaps we would do well to do some thinking about thinking.