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1) You are a liar, but that’s OK because you go to Willow Creek:

http://jaspry.blogspot.com/2005/12/willow-creek-church-cancels-christmas.html

2) My brother had pictures of him when Hillary was there.... TWICE and pictures of Durbin.

And yes, I heard of the Oliver North thing, the hippies protested him, and extra Barrington cops had to be called out. Because you know.... Willow Creek Hippies.

I never attended Willow Creek, I’m not into Hippy Cults (or giving my money to cult leaders like Hybels), but my brothers family has no reason to lie when they pontificated for hours on how proud they were that “sin” was removed from their church, and Christians who used the word “sin” are going against Jesus.

Here is some good stuff for you on how Hybels created the church on a entertainment model, meant to draw in as many people (donors) as possible without offending anyone.

https://factsoffaith.org/library/articles-and-sermons/4614-elephant-in-the-room-what-is-wrong-with-bill-hybels-and-willow-creek-church—by-treena-gisborn-september-2/download.html

I don’t know when you were “there”, and I’m no expert on the church. I now find lots of articles that are tongue in cheek stating “Willow Creek is now using the word “sin” .... against Hybels...” That alludes to the notion that the word was AVOIDED, and strongly so. I’m not sure what “books” my brother would refer to, I got the impression they re-wrote their own bible.

You will not convince me that my abortion loving, gay-loving (all inclusive, except for his own family, and all things wholesome) brother who was at one time a normal person, did not get indoctrinated into this cult around the time he turned 50.

Every waking day, and most of his savings were spent on worshiping this Hybels character. He became an outspoken critic of all religious things or groups “other than Willow Creek”.

He began lecturing my kids (who were in college at the time) about how bad their parents were (in a nutshell) and they should go with him and his wife to a few services at Willow Creek.

They thought he had become a kook as well.

I gave up arguing or trying to talk sense in to my brother when I realized he was a “cultist” and he worshiped not at the bible, but at the altar of Hybels, and a desire to “fit in” with the Barrington / Inverness liberal crowd.