Woodside Bible Church White Lake

Pride has often been called the root of all other sins. Pride blinds us. Pride can't see itself because it justifies itself. This is why it wreaks havoc on so many relationships. As we continue our sermon series, Family...Why Bother? Pastor Rob Bentz looks at Genesis 4 to explore how impacts us personally and influences our relationships in the sermon, Family after the Fall.

Do your relationships feel like a double-edged sword? As much as we need each other, people hurt, disappoint, betray, and even abandon each other. Sadly, family is no exception. The first book of the Bible, Genesis, reveals all sorts of family dysfunction. The good news is that God used these broken families to unleash blessings on the entire world. As we continue our sermon series, Family...Why B...

Do you have a perfect family? Your marriage is perfect, your kids have no issues, and everything is great with your in-laws...is a story told by nobody! Thankfully, family struggles have been going on for a very long time. In fact, the first book of the Bible, Genesis, reveals all sorts of family dysfunction. The good news is that God used these broken families to unleash blessings on the entire w...

As we conclude our sermon series, Send Me: When God Calls Us to Go, Pastor Rob Bentz helps us understand how the glory of God and His gift of undeserved forgiveness compels us to share Him with others. We'll look at Isaiah 6, once again, as we consider how to listen for God's leading in our lives--and how to respond when He does. Listen to our latest message, You Can't Not Go! as we embrace how Go...

It's easy to come up with a long list of reasons why we shouldn't talk with our neighbor about Jesus isn't it? Perhaps we're asking the wrong question... Maybe the better thing to consider is why we must talk with our neighbor about Jesus! Today, we continue our sermon series, Send Me: When God Calls Us to Go as Pastor Rob Bentz takes us to Isaiah 6 to find one undeniable reason that all believers...

We conclude our sermon series, Soul Food: When a Meal with Jesus was More than Food, on Easter Sunday. Listen as Pastor Rob Bentz helps us see the significance of the meal that Jesus shared with his disciples detailed in Luke 24. It was a meal that changed the way they viewed Jesus--and it just might do the same for you!

As we continue our sermon series, Soul Food: When a Meal with Jesus was More than Food, we read the story of Jesus interaction with some 1st Century power brokers--Pharisees and lawyers. Listen as Pastor Rob Bentz teaches us about challenge that Jesus gives to this group of pride-filled religious and cultural leaders as described in Luke 14 as Jesus exposes the sin of pride.

As we continue our sermon series, Soul Food: When a Meal with Jesus was More than Food, we examine a familiar and powerful story of how Jesus shows us that He is truly enough for our deepest longings. Listen as Pastor Rob Bentz teaches us about Jesus' miraculously feeding of 5,000 men as described in Luke 9. 

Multiple times in Luke's Gospel, we read stories of Jesus spending time around the table with friends, strangers--even his opposition. As we continue our sermon series, Soul Food: When a Meal with Jesus was More than Food, we’ll see what Jesus models for us when a sinful woman lavishes Jesus with honor in the presence of a Pharisee. Listen as Pastor Scott Crosby teaches us about Jesus' meal descri...

Multiple times in Luke's Gospel, we read stories of Jesus spending time around the table with friends, strangers--even his opposition. As we begin our new series, Soul Food: When a Meal with Jesus was More than Food, we’ll see what Jesus models for us when he enjoyed a meal with Levi. Listen to our latest message as Pastor Rob Bentz teaches us about Jesus' meal described in Luke 5.

Is God too compassionate? Too gracious to sinful people? That was Jonah's opinion!  As we conclude our sermon series, Jonah: At Odds with God, we examine chapter 4 to see the amazing depth of God's compassion. Listen as Pastor Rob Bentz helps us see why the immense compassion of God should impact our daily lives.

What is Repentance? Is it just saying, "I'm sorry" and moving on? Or does repentance include something deeper? We continue our sermon series, Jonah: At Odds with God, looking at the significance of true repentance in the lives of sinful men and women. Listen as Pastor Rob Bentz guides us through Jonah 3 as we see the impact of true repentance in our own lives. 

For those who view God only as love and gentle goodness, to suggest He would bring corrective discipline on His people might seem absolutely foreign. "God wouldn’t do that, would He?" As we continue our series, Jonah: At Odds with God, we begin to understand God as a loving Father who disciplines His children through what we'll call "severe mercy." Listen as Pastor Rob Bentz shares our latest mess...

The Old Testament book of Jonah is a small in volume but huge in impact! This week we kick off our new sermon series, Jonah: At Odds with God, as we encounter a prophet named Jonah who heard a word from God, yet defied God’s mission. Join us as Pastor Rob Bentz considers one of the toughest questions that Jonah faced--am I angry with what God is asking of me? Jonah challenges us to consider our ow...

The Epistle of James is a call to counter-cultural living. No portion of his letter speaks to the issue more directly than the second half of James 2. In part 5 of our sermon series, Live the Truth, Pastor Rob Bentz shares the latest message, Faith in Action, with a deep diving into the importance of living our faith every day as we conclude our look at James.

When you look out at the world - when you meet other people - what do you see? How do you measure the people in your life? Far too often when we see someone we make a judgement call. As we continue examining the letter of James in our sermon series, Live the Truth, we are challenged to measure people by God's standards rather than our own. Listen to our latest message, Seeing with the Eyes of Fait...

Do you have enough money? Do you have enough stuff? Or is life more about how we interact with what we do have? The New Testament book of James is a call to counter-cultural living. The kind of living that rejects the latest “feel good” message for a mature faith. In part 3 of our sermon series, Live the Truth, Pastor Rob Bentz shares the latest message, God over Money, as we discover how a mature...

We’ve all been there--that moment when we need to make a decision and don't know what to do. Some decisions have easy answers, while others cause us to wonder which choice God wants us to make. We pray and wonder, “How can I know what God wants me to do?” As we continue through our Live the Truth sermon series, we're encouraged in the truth that God's wisdom is available to us! Pastor Rob Bentz ex...

In a culture preaching the power of whatever feels right to you, it’s time to set aside positive vibes for a Truth you can stand on. The New Testament book of James is a call to counter-cultural living, the kind that rejects the latest “feel good” message for a mature faith. Join us as we kick off our six-week series, Live the Truth. Pastor Rob Bentz shares our first message, Surviving Seasons of...

As we begin a new year, Pastor Rob Bentz and Worship Arts Director Jacob Masen offer the White Lake church family a biblical vision on the importance of worship. Three important New Testament texts (John 4, Colossians 3, and Ephesians 5) reveal how corporate worship has two important directions. 

In part five of our Christmas series, Eyewitness: Finding Your Christmas Story in Theirs, we turn to Luke's Gospel to read of a couple very important people who are rarely included in the telling of the Christmas story--Simeon and Anna. Both lived faithful lives before God while waiting for the promised Messiah. Pastor Rob Bentz will help us see how their faithfulness in waiting offers us guidance...

Part four of our Christmas series, Eyewitness: Finding Your Christmas Story in Theirs, looks at three responses to the birth of Jesus found in the second chapter of Matthew's gospel. Pastor Rob Bentz will guide us as we examine the responses of the Scribes, of King Herod, and of the Magi. How they responded to the birth of the Messiah gives us guidance for how we can respond to the coming of the C...

In part three of our Christmas series, Eyewitness: Finding Your Christmas Story in Theirs, we'll examine the life of the shepherds who were drawn to see the amazing thing that God has done in the birth of a baby! Listen as Pastor Ben Hixson shares our latest message Seeing the Good News from Luke's Gospel.

Have you ever had a time in your life where things didn’t go as planned? And you found yourself asking God, "Why?” This week, we turn to the book of Matthew to engage with the powerful story of a quiet young man named Joseph who had every right to have questions. In part two of our Christmas series, Eyewitness: Finding Your Christmas Story in Theirs, we'll examine the faithful life of Jesus' earth...

Christmas is often said to be the most wonderful time of the year. As followers of Jesus, this is not just due to the Christmas festivities but because it’s the celebration of the Messiah’s birth. Can you imagine what it was like for those who got to witness that miraculous event firsthand? Through our Christmas sermon series, Eyewitness: Finding Your Christmas Story in Theirs , we invite you to w...