“Forward” is the title of the first series of the new year. On Jan. 13, 2013, Pastor Bill Hybels gave a powerful message urging Christ followers to adopt the habit of daily Bible reading. He twice told the congregation to “just do what the Bible says to do, and stop doing what it says not […]
Here are my aphorisms about politics, based upon my 20 years in elective office: “Conservatives are far more likely to accuse African-Americans of voting for Obama because of race than they are to concede that any whites voted against him for the same reason.” “The human desire to justify & defend our actions is many times […]
Shane Farmer gave the next installment in the series on Proverbs is “Wiser about Sexuality,” on Oct. 6-7, 2012. It is available online at the Willow website. The Bible celebrates sex within marriage, Farmer said. He cites Proverbs 5:18 as an example: “Enjoy the wife you married as a young man. Lovely as an angel, […]
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Pastor Hybels is in an eleven-week series on the book of Proverbs. The title this week is Wiser with Our Words. Those who missed the message in person can catch it online at the Willow website. The Pastor’s summary of what Proverbs says about the importance of words is this: Let your words be few, let […]
The purpose of this blog is to provide a public forum — not affiliated with the church — to discuss, analyze, comment on, praise or constructively criticize the weekend message at Willow Creek, What did you find inspiring or confusing? What, if anything, did the pastor miss? How can you apply the message to daily life? The author […]
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