by Bill Farley | Feb 21, 2024 | Civil Government, Culture
ONE OF THE OFT-QUOTED texts about politics is in Proverbs. “The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he wills” (Proverbs 21:1). The problem with this verse is that it is true, and it applies to all leaders—kings,...
by Bill Farley | Feb 5, 2024 | Culture
CHRISTIANS ARE LOSING THE BATTLE for the hearts and minds of Americans. Today about 65% profess some adherence to Christianity, but about 30% have no religous affiliation. And, according to the Pew Research, if current trends continue, by 2070 only about 45% of...
by Bill Farley | Jan 30, 2024 | Uncategorized
SINCE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION IN THE SEVENTEEN-NINETIES, a great lie has motivated every social upheaval. It is the fiction that humanity is perfectible. And if man is perfectible, if human nature is malleable, then enough social force, applied to the right people, can...
by Bill Farley | Jan 15, 2024 | book review
IF YOU ARE LIKE ME A TORENT of new terms and seemingly bizarre ideas have hit you in the last five years and you have wondered, “Where are these crazy ideas coming from? Who invented them? Why is anyone paying attention to them?” I’m thinking of the...
by Bill Farley | Dec 6, 2023 | book review, Uncategorized
I LOVE TO READ, AND THAT MEANS I READ A LOT OF BOOKS. Some books have been personal mentors. Others have just been information. They have been long forgotten. But others are deeply valued friends that have changed my thinking radically and sent me on a new trajectory....