ABOUT BILL

Bill Day grew up in Oklahoma City and attended the University of Central Oklahoma. After becoming a Christian he attended the Sunset International Bible School and School of Missions in Lubbock, Texas, where he graduated in 1973. He met and married his wife Rebecca while at Sunset.

Bill and Rebecca moved to Athens, Greece in the fall of 1975 with their 3 month old daughter Allison to do mission work. They helped to establish the Glyfada Church of Christ in Athens. They had their second daughter, Sarah, while there. They remained in Athens for nine years and returned to Oklahoma City in the Spring of 1984. While in Athens, Bill learned to read, write, and speak the Greek language fluently.

Bill began working with the Northwest Church of Christ in December of 1984 as an associate minister. They had their third child in January of 1985 and named him Aaron William. Bill became the Pulpit Minister in 1987 and has been with Northwest since then.

Bill has conducted campaigns in many countries, from Saudi Arabia to Germany.

THE MOSES CONNECTION

Bill is the author of a book called The Moses Connection in John's Gospel which was published in January of 1998.

The book is a study of the Gospel of John from a first Century Jewish perspective. It examines the hermeneutic of the Jews of Jesus' day and applies that hermeneutic to the Gospel of John to show that John used the hermeneutic of his day to show Jesus to be the Messiah of the Jews.

To read the first two chapters of this book click here.

The Moses Connection In John's Gospel sells for $9.95 and can be ordered from Amazon.com, or by calling Bill Day at (405)943-5751. It can also be purchased locally at Borders Bookstore in Okla. City, or Landmark Bookstore in Edmond.

A NOTE FROM BILL

We have seen great blessings at Northwest. I'm convinced it is because we are becoming the church God wants us to be. When Jesus came on the scene in the First Century, the Jews were a very religious lot. He was distressed that they had built a fine little community of believers that excluded the common man. They had come to see themselves as righteous people. They believed that God could not want sinners, and they excluded "sinners" from their fellowship. Their greatest error was they forgot they were sinners too, and in just as much need of saving as the common man who did not attend their church. As I read the Gospel records I see Jesus as being very compassionate and forgiving of the "sinners" (e.g.- the woman caught in adultery) but very stern and unforgiving of the religious who thought they were righteous (Matt. 23).

I see us at Northwest as a church that receives sinners. This has to please God since this is exactly what Jesus did. He was heavily criticized for doing so. At times, so are we. We don't accept the sin at all, but we do accept the sinner. This is what Jesus did. We realize we too are sinners. The only difference between us and those outside the church is that we are saved sinners and they are lost sinners. We repent and strive to overcome sin, they do not. As long as we realize that about ourselves it allows us to accept "people" with compassion. We know they too are victims of Satan's schemes. When people in the world feel accepted and loved by us, they are encouraged to repent and submit their lives to God. So many people feel they can't live up to being what they think being a Christian is about. That is the church's fault! We have given the world the impression that you must be perfect to be a Christian when we ourselves are not perfect. We need to avoid this at all cost! I would hate for the condemnation that fell upon the religious in Matt. 23, to fall upon us too because of a false sense of self-righteousness.

May God bless us as we strive to correctly represent Jesus and what it means to belong to God to the world.