Join me for a hymn sing at the 2026 Issues, Et cetera, Making the Case Conference, Friday, June 12th, and Saturday, June 13th at Concordia University, Chicago.

This year's theme, singing the faith in our own days. Learn more and register at issuesetc.org.

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Welcome to the Word of the Lord Endures Forever with Pastor Will Whedon.

Can't help but think of all the hangers on that the prodigal son must have had while the money lasted.

Who doesn't love a party? And yet, when the money was spent, his newfound friends dropped him like a hot potato.

The Word of the Lord endures forever is a daily verse-by-verse Bible study with the church,

past and present.

Pastor Whedon is leading us in a study of the book of Proverbs, chapters 11 through 20.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit,

be with you all. Amen. Greetings, people, loved by God. Remember last time we wrapped up the 18th of

Proverbs? We began with the caution against rushing to judgment. One person's account sounds persuasive

until another questions him or examines

him. In other words, given the human propensity to be untruthful by only sharing certain facts,

which make us appear better than we deserve, we ought to give a sympathetic ear without

automatically granting veracity to the story we're being told or sold.

There's invariably another side.

We heard a commendation of the lot for putting an end to quarrels in matters of indifference

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