by Bill Farley | Apr 25, 2020 | Christian Ministry, Leadership, Sanctification
THE BIBLICAL GOAL OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP is the glory of God radiating from a local church. The question is, how best to accomplish this? What tools do we have at our disposal? The 9Marks (expository preaching, evangelism, church membership, and church...
by Bill Farley | Dec 12, 2019 | biography, Christian Ministry, church history, evangelism
Fiery Evangelist of Wales WALES IS OFTEN CALLED THE LAND OF REVIVALS. It is called that because of the number and frequency of its spiritual visitations. Wales first experience of revival was the Great Awakening in 1740-42. The prominent leader in that work was the...
by Bill Farley | Nov 19, 2019 | Christian Ministry, church history, Uncategorized
THE GREAT AWAKENING OCCURRED IN 1740-42. It was the greatest outpouring of spiritual power since the first century. It occurred simultaneously in Britain, the Thirteen Colonies, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland. During this event, George Whitefield, our subject, was the...
by Bill Farley | Nov 11, 2019 | Christian Ministry, church history, Puritans, Uncategorized
PURITANISM WAS A TIME OF DEEP AND PROFOUND Biblical thinking. John Owen (1616-83), a contemporary of Bunyan and Cromwell, is considered by most the greatest Puritan divine. In fact, many consider him England’s greatest theological thinker period. In the opinion of...
by Bill Farley | Sep 30, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Christian Sanctification, Humility
EVERY AUTHOR KNOWS THE JOY of holding the first copy of their newly published book. It’s not quite the same thing as holding your baby for the first time, but it’s close. This was my experience. I had just received my first copy of Gospel Powered Humility. I was...
by Bill Farley | Aug 1, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Gospel, marriage
A REVIVAL OF GOSPEL CENTRALITY usually brings with it a revival of biblical marriage. That is because the gospel, when properly understood, elevates marriage. It shapes and molds it into the divine image that God intended from creation. In fact, in one sense, marriage...