by Bill Farley | Apr 30, 2024 | Christian Sanctification, Gospel, spiritual warfare
By Wm. P. Farley and previously published at www.challies.com and https://amicalled.com 2018 IF SOMEONE POLLED YOUR CHURCH WITH THIS QUESTION, “which preacher do you listen to most frequently,” how would you respond? Some would point to their pastor. Others...
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 | Jun 16, 2019 | Christian Sanctification, pornography, Sexual Purity, The Word of God, theology
A YOUNG MAN SAT ACROSS FROM ME at a large, oak conference table. He was in trouble. He had an ongoing pornography habit that had persisted for years. He had met with an accountability group for the last twelve months, but it didn’t help. Then he met weekly with...
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 | Apr 23, 2019 | Christian Sanctification, temptation
HOPE IS A CRUCIAL BIBLICAL VIRTUE. It empowers us to endure suffering. It equips us to defer gratification. The hope of a college diploma motivates perseverance through four years of hard work despite no money. Without hope people will not invest, but hope for a...
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...