Pastor Ralph Douglas West - "Rebound" | Matthew 5:7 - The Church Without Walls

Pastor Ralph Douglas West - "Rebound" | Matthew 5:7 - The Church Without Walls In this sermon, focusing on the fifth beatitude in Matthew 5:7, Pastor West highlights the importance of being merciful and showing active pity to others. Each beatitude is a building block for a Christian life, with mercy holding the bricks together in the middle. Pastor West urges listeners to embrace silence in worship and challenges them to extend the mercy they have received from God to others. The sermon concludes by emphasizing the reciprocal nature of mercy - when we give mercy, we receive mercy. Dr. Ralph Douglas West serves as founder and senior pastor of The Church Without Walls (Brookhollow Baptist Church, Houston, Texas). He first preached as a sixteen year old in his native Houston. The church began with 32 members and now embraces 24,000+ families meeting in three locations and conducting six services each Sunday. Dr. West is affectionately known as PAS. Dr. West completed degrees at Bishop College, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Beeson Divinity School, where he received the Doctor of Ministry Degree. He serves as Adjunct Professor of Preaching at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University. He has an abiding commitment to the church and the academy, relating with equal ease to both venues and using his influence to mentor ministers in both locations. He speaks perennially at colleges, universities and seminaries across America as well as at Regent’s Park College, Oxford University. Dr. West’s preaching style includes careful explanation of Scripture combined with his signature ability to tell detailed, credible and indelible stories from contemporary life that enrich the sermon and relates to the congregation. He also makes penetrating and specific application of the text to his people. He does all of this while maintaining the vibrant preaching tradition of church and culture in an atmosphere of celebration.