The Reason We Are Forgiven Dear Church Family, Hope this devotional thought blesses you— Did you know Jesus does not forgive us because we confess our sins? That's a confusion of 1 John 1.9. John writes that if we [...]

Hospitality is the New Apologetics Dear Church Family, My friend Gary Stidham was in the Baptist Student Ministry at UTA for many years and is now a professor at Southwestern Seminary. He led his students to lead hundreds [...]

The Forgiven Family of God Dear Church Family, As we get ready for a new semester of discipleship here at Lakeside, I pray for you all as you seek God’s leadership in your next steps. Hope you’ve had [...]

Sharing the Gospel with a Neighbor Dear Church Family, I had a brother from Lakeside ask me about some things to share with a neighbor to help them understand the Gospel and I wanted to share with you [...]

A Message from Pastor Mark Dear Church Family, The celebration of Christmas is also the celebration of Genesis chapter 1. One of the best Christmas books ever written is entitled On the Incarnation, by Athanasius. At the beginning [...]

A Message from Pastor Mark Is Christmas Pagan? Here are the ten most common erroneous beliefs about Christmas being tied to paganism. First, Christmas is the Roman feast of Saturnalia.” Saturnalia, honoring the Roman god Saturn, ran from [...]

A Message from Pastor Mark Dear Church Family, What an incredible concert last Sunday evening! I’m so grateful for Carey and Michael and their teams. The choir and orchestra, and the children’s choir truly led us to worship. [...]

A Message from Pastor Mark Dear Church Family, Hope everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving. I love this time of year and look for opportunities to build bridges for the Gospel. I also want to thank you for your [...]

A Message from Pastor Mark Dear Church Family, Read this by Chad Bird and thought it might speak to you like it did me: Making a Mockery of Ordination The Hebrew phrase commonly translated as "ordained" in the [...]