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Easter Sunday greetings everyone - the Lord is risen! My messages from Palm Sunday and Good Friday are now on the Westside Bible Church Site: You can listen to "Missing Jesus" at:www.westsidefamily.... read more..

Back in the days before digital music, a woman intended to call a record store but dialed the wrong number and got a private home instead. "Do you have 'Eyes of Blue' and 'A Love Supreme'?" she asked.... read more..

This actually happened in a youth ministry class at Hannibal-LaGrange College in Missouri. I left work early so I could have some uninterrupted study time right before the final in my Youth Issues cl... read more..

"The eyes are useless when the mind is blind." - Milan Kumar read more..

Auto-correct makes me say things I didn't Nintendo.... read more..

Jesus said He would die and rise again - and did! Our celebration of and rejoicing in that calls us to cross the gulf we have created between us and the world. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20 read more..

An atheist was quite incensed over the preparation for Easter and Passover holidays and decided to contact the local ACLU about the discrimination inflicted on atheists by the constant celebrations af... read more..

Mine eyes have seen the horrorOf the ending of the termIt has poisoned all my spiritsLike an apple with a wormIt's infected all my freedomLike an ugly cancer germThe truth shall soon be known. Chorus... read more..

Oh look, Chicken Thursday! I am sure that there are many fine people who work for United Airlines - the airline currently getting hammered online for dragging a paying customer off a flight that was ... read more..

- 2 female Boston Terrier puppies, 7 wks old, Perfect markings, 555-1234.  Leave mess. - Lost: small apricot poodle.  Reward.  Neutered.  Like one of the family. - Dinner Special read more..

"Christians believe in the virgin birth of Jesus. Materialists believe in the virgin birth of the cosmos. Choose your miracle." - Glen Scrivener @ abr_apologetics read more..

United Airlines recruits train to serve in-flight snacks. ... read more..

There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk. "Only the Ten Command... read more..

If I had a dollar for every girl that found me unattractive, eventually they would find me attractive.... read more..

We, who follow Jesus, need to watch carefuly in order to not miss what Jesus wants to do in our lives and in our time. Listen Online: {audio}podcast/sm20170409.mp3{/audio} read more..

Palm Sunday greetings everyone. If you missed church today, or re looking for more Palm Sunday messages, you will find 7 Palm Sunday sermons on the page at: www.westsidefamily.org/tag/212-p... read more..

One thing I have learned throughout my life is sometimes speaking your mind only gets a piece of somebody else’s mind – and not the good piece. The old saying goes that you can’t teach an old dog new... read more..

Forgive me, Father, Pastor, Vicar, Padre, Priest ... for I have synonymed.... read more..

"Grace often grows strongest where conviction of sin has pierced deepest." - Sinclair Ferguson read more..

I used to just crastinate, but I got so good, I went pro!... read more..

He was just a little boy, on a week's first day. He was wandering home from Sunday School, and dawdling on the way. He scuffed his shoes into the grass; he found a caterpillar. He found a fluffy mil... read more..

I had just finished visiting a friend in the hospital and stopped by a burger drive-through for lunch to eat on the way back to work. I ordered the #1 combo (burger, fry, coke) for $4.29. She said "th... read more..

Oh look, Chicken Thursday! Any youngest kids out there?  Ever get a cake like the one in today's newest funny picture on the Cybersalt Site. You'll find "Youngest Cake" at:www.cybersalt.org/funn... read more..

You might be the youngest kid if . . . . ... read more..

Once upon a time there was a woman married to an annoying man named Steve. He complained about everything. One day he went to the creek with his mule and as he went he complained so much that the mul... read more..

The minister stormed into the vestry and flung his sermon notes on the table. "Today," he shouted to the church officer, "I have preached to a congregation of jackasses!" The Church officer nodded, ... read more..

"The Bible is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions." read more..

I hate the key of e-minor. It gives me the e-b-g-b's... read more..

A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking.... read more..

If you are wondering what a Goober is, there is a picture of one here. My uncle Joe and his best buddy, Bubba, went hunting a couple of weeks ago. Somehow they got lost. Uncle Joe reassured his bud read more..