by Bill Farley | Jun 11, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Christian Sanctification, Fruit of the Spirit, Profiles in Weakness, Sanctification, Spiritual Maturity
How God often chooses uneducated, socially marginalized people with problems to build his kingdom HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED THAT God sometimes chooses the very person you would not? This is most shocking when we remember that God is sovereign. He has total freedom to...
by Bill Farley | May 22, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Gospel
“For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.” . (1 Corinthians 1:17) PAUL WROTE THESE WORDS TO A CHURCH HE PLANTED in Corinth. He is concerned. They have...
by Bill Farley | Apr 18, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Gospel
“Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord.”Haggai 1:8 WHEN HAGGAI WROTE THESE WORDS, the nation of Israel had returned from Babylonian exile. The temple was in ruins. They...
by Bill Farley | Apr 9, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Christian Sanctification
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather...
by Bill Farley | Apr 3, 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...
by Bill Farley | Apr 1, 2019 | Christian Ministry
I RECENTLY RETIRED from a life of preaching. It was a difficult decision, and a sad day, but one that had to come. At my retirement party God indelibly engraved on my heart a crucial lesson. God hears prayer. I believe passionately in the ministry of preaching. I also...