Willow Creek Church PCA Podcast
Hosted by Pastor Greg and Pastor Drew. We discuss matters going on in the life of our church. We share our weekly sermons here. We invite members of our church to come and share their life stories. We hope these podcasts encourage our listeners in their faith.
Episodes
110 episodes
Taste and See in the Psalms | Psalm 67 | God's People and Purpose
Pastor Greg preaches on Psalm 67 and what it says about who we are as the people of God and our purpose to be a blessing to others, sharing with them the good news of the gospel.
Taste and See in the Psalms | Psalm 16 | Happiness
Pastor Greg preaches on God and our happiness. True happiness is only found in relationship with God, not in material things or in our circumstances.
Taste and See in the Psalms | Psalm 46 | God's Strength
Pastor Drew preaches on finding strength in the Lord. We are called to be still and know that he is God.
Taste and See in the Psalms | Psalm 73 | Envy
Pastor Greg preaches on Psalm 73 where the writer Asaph is envious of the wicked and their supposed prosperity, while he suffers with the people of God. This sermon is largely about envy, but how we can be realigned with God when we confront ou...
Taste and See in the Psalms | Psalm 96 | The Awe of God
Pastor Greg preaches on what it means to be in awe of God and how that changes how we live and how we worship.
Ep. 14 | Equipping Hour Sneak Peek
Pastor Drew and Pastor Greg sit down to discuss more about our new offering at Willow Creek Church - and that will be our "Equipping Hour." We hope to equip our members for the work of ministry. It's one thing to go to church and hear a great s...
Taste and See in the Psalms | Psalm 27 | God in Our Struggles
Pastor Greg begins our new series in the book of Psalms preaching on how who God is affects and informs how we suffer as Christians.
Hosea | Taste and See His Grace | Hosea 14:1-9 | Returning to the Lord
Pastor Greg preaches on what real repentance looks like from God's words to us in this last chapter of Hosea.
Hosea | Taste and See His Grace | Hosea 12:2-13 | Rest in His Grace
Pastor Greg preaches on how we often minimize our sin, but are invited to rest in God's grace.
Hosea | Taste and See His Grace | Hosea 11:1-11 | Called, Kept, and Loved
Pastor Drew preaches on God's Fatherly relationship with his people despite their disobedience and his call to them to follow after him. Apologies for the missing portion in the middle. Ongoing technical issues we are tro...
Hosea | Taste and See His Grace | Hosea 8:1-14 | Knowing God
Pastor Greg preaches on how we often invent our own ideas of God and think that we know truly know him. The Israelites did the same, except they made their own god out of wood and stone, calling it their god who brought them out of the land of ...
Hosea | Taste and See His Grace | Hosea 3 | God Buys His People from Their Sin
Pastor Greg preaches on how the people of Israel traded the One True God for the idols of the nations around them. We are like them when we go after idols that we prop up in our own hearts. God's response is to buy us back from our sin.
Ep. 13 | The Mission of Willow Creek
Pastor Drew and Pastor Greg sit down to discuss our mission statement and our desire for those who call Willow Creek Church their home.
Hosea | Taste and See His Grace | Hosea 2:14-23 | God's Pursuit of Sinners
Pastor Greg preaches on God's pursuit of his people in spite of their sinfulness. He pursues us even when we wander from him. He is our "husband" and the church is his unfaithful bride.
Hosea | Taste and See His Grace | Hosea 1 | A Picture of Grace
Pastor Greg starts our new sermon series in the book of Hosea and speaks on how this book is a book of God's grace. Hosea and Gomer's bad marriage is a picture for how God loves his people. He pursues a bride who is unworthy and that is his Chu...
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 11:27-27 | I Am the Resurrection
Pastor Greg preaches on Jesus' words to Mary and Martha after Lazarus had died and what it means that Jesus is the resurrection and the life.
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 12:12-36a | Unexpected Messiah
Pastor Greg preaches on Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem and how the people did not expect the Messiah to die for their sins, but to deliver them from Roman occupation. We often try to put Jesus in a box so that we can get what we want, rat...
Ep. 12 | Spring, Updates, and Vision for the Church
Pastor Greg and Pastor Drew sit down to discuss what's been happening in the life of the church. We're looking toward the fall to roll out a new model for equipping church members for the work of ministry. Thanks for listening!
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 15:1-12 | A Fruitful Life
Guest speaker, Pastor Hardy Reynolds, speaks on Jesus' teaching on "I am the vine and you are the branches" and what it means to abide in Christ.
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 13:36-14:7 | I Am the Way
Pastor Greg preaches on Jesus being the way, the truth, and the life and how we can have certainty of salvation in him.
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 10:11-21 | The Good Shepherd
Special guest preacher, Geoff Murray, shares from John 10 where Jesus calls himself the Good Shepherd and what that means for us.
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 10:1-10 | I Am The Door
Pastor Greg preaches on Jesus as the door through which the sheep enter. The sheep know his voice because he is their shepherd and he is the door through which they are saved.
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 9 | What is Jesus like?
Pastor Greg preaches on Jesus healing the man born blind and what it reveals about his true nature. We often think of Jesus and his divine attributes/titles, but what is he really like?
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 8:12-30 | I Am the Light of the World
Pastor Greg preaches on Jesus, still at the Feast of Booths, and what he meant when he said that I am the light of the world. Jesus is the light that we are all called to follow. He alone can deal with our darkness and calls us to walk with him...
John | Taste and See Who I Am | John 7:1-20; 37-39 | Coming to Jesus in Our Thirst
Pastor Greg preaches on Jesus' appearance at the Feast of Booths. He was believed by some, but many hated him for his teaching. He calls the same people who hated him, to come and find the living water that only he can offer.