Westside Church
by Evan Earwicker, Ben Fleming and the Speaking Team of Westside Church · 200 episodes
ReligionSpiritualityEducation
Experiencing the life and love of Jesus together.
Latest episodes
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29 min
Ben Fleming: The Weight of Regret, Psalm 32:3–5
Regret has a way of convincing us that we’re doing something productive when all we’re really doing is suffering. God recognizes the destruction that guilt can cause us, and throug…
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26 min
Jesus Loves Silver Rail
In light of the tragedy at Silver Rail Elementary School this week, we dedicated our Sunday services to a time of prayer, lament, and reflection. We love you, Bend, and we are here…
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26 min
Lindsay Parnell: What is the Holy Spirit? John 14:16-26
Good Questions Week 5 | The Holy Spirit is God’s personal presence in our lives. It is continually transforming us to become more like Jesus and producing the fruit of the Spirit i…
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28 min
Evan Earwicker: What If I Change My Mind? Romans 12:1-2
Good Questions Week 4 | Healthy things grow, and growing things change. Throughout Jesus’ teachings, we observe that he frequently encouraged his disciples to lean into Him and thi…
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32 min
Ben Fleming: What Do We Do With Anger? James 1:19-20
Good Questions Week 3 | Anger should act as a warning light for us, not a steering wheel. Through Jesus’ teachings and the stories of how he handled anger, we learn that anger itse…
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30 min
Evan Earwicker: How Do I Know if I'm Hearing God? John 10:11-27
Good Questions Week 2 | Hearing God often comes from knowing Jesus so deeply through Scripture, prayer, and community that we learn to recognize his voice and work in our everyday…
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33 min
Ben Fleming: Does My Faith Have to be Radical? 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12
Good Questions Week 1 | In the first week of our Good Questions series, we learn from the Apostle Paul’s teachings that it is better to walk intentionally (and often quietly and sl…
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31 min
Gonzalo Franco: Join In, Romans 15:30
This Sunday, Westside commissioned the Franco family as they prepare to move to Spain as missionaries. We had the privilege of hearing Pastor Gonzalo preach about mission work. Pas…
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31 min
Evan Earwicker: How's Your Posture? Philippians 2:1-8
Healthy Relationships: Week 4 | Healthy relationships require adopting the humble, selfless posture of Jesus. From Jesus’ example in the Bible, we see the value of prioritizing oth…
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35 min
Ben Fleming: Listening Like Jesus Did, John 4:4-30
Healthy Relationships: Week 3 | Through the story of Jesus’ interaction with the Samaritan woman at the well, we learn from Jesus’ example that listening is an act of love. Healthy…
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30 min
Ben Fleming: What Lies Beneath, Mark 14:32-37
Healthy Relationships: Week 2 | In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus’ interaction with God helps illustrate that healthy relationships begin by honestly confronting what is happening…
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30 min
Evan Earwicker: What Relationships Require, John 15:9-17
Healthy Relationships: Week 1 | What can we learn from the Bible when it comes to building healthy relationships? Because Jesus calls his followers to love one another, we learn th…
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27 min
Josh Cordell: Turn Towards God, James 5:13-20
James Week 4 | In this week’s sermon, Pastor Josh shows us how James often gives us simple, clear instructions on how we can turn towards God. In hard times, God calls us to come c…
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31 min
Ben Fleming: What to Do with Conflict, James 4:1-12
James Week 3 | In the final installment of our series through James, we learn what to do when we encounter conflict with others. Rather than build up our defenses and look for ways…
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25 min
Evan Earwicker: Words that Set the World on Fire, James 3:1-8
James Week 2 | James’ message in his third chapter sounds so harsh because he is being incredibly serious; words have the power to literally build up or tear down the character and…
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27 min
Evan Earwicker: A House That Stands, James 1:22-25
James Week 1 | As we begin our study through James, we are reminded that faith was never meant to stop at understanding God’s Word. As the body of Christ, believers are called to c…
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32 min
Mike Meeks: Who Do You Say I Am? Matthew 16:13-17
Jesus’ question, “Who do you say I am?” is the defining question that moves faith from opinion to personal surrender. It reveals that our true identities are found not in performan…
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32 min
Ben Fleming: Adam & Eve, Genesis 3:1-21
Sunday School Week 5 | The story of Adam and Eve reveals that the humanity’s deepest problem is not simply that we break rules that God put in place; rather, humanity’s greatest is…
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32 min
Ben Fleming: The Story of Samson, Judges 13-16
Sunday School Week 4 | Samson’s story shows us that even in times of intense hardship, hope remains because God is present in the valley. We must realize that it is Him and not us…
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33 min
Evan Earwicker: The Tower of Babel, Genesis 11:1-9
Sunday School Week 3 | We observe humanity’s drive to achieve, control, and remove limitations through stories as old as the Tower of Babel – and we can see that same desire echoed…