by Bill Farley | Jul 5, 2022 | parenting
WHAT IS THE ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION for effective parenting? Christians answer this question in varied ways. Some would say it is love for children. Others that it’s the willingness to educate them in a Christian school. Many would say discipline and affection....
by Bill Farley | Nov 11, 2021 | Masculinity, parenting, Uncategorized
FOR THE LAST YEAR I have been researching and writing a manuscript to address the crucial subject of masculinity. The projected title is Seven Dimensions of Masculinity, How God Turns Biological Masculinity into Spiritual Masculinity and Why It Matters. Dr. Wayne...
by Bill Farley | Dec 31, 2020 | parenting
THE PATRIARCHS ARE BIBLICAL HEROES, yet their attempts at parenting met with scattered results. Lets walk through Genesis and reflect on their experience. Adam had three sons. Abel was chosen, but Cain, filled with jealousy, committed fratricide. He killed his...
by Bill Farley | Jan 28, 2020 | Leadership, parenting
I WAS CONVERTED AT AGE TWENTY-TWO. As my father did not share my faith, it was difficult to go to him for spiritual advice. He disciplined and loved me. For that, I will be eternally grateful. He is now dead, and I miss him. He was my biological father, but he was not...
by Bill Farley | Nov 7, 2019 | parenting, Uncategorized
WE WERE IN A MCDONALDS PLAY AREA for lunch after church. Next to me was a young mother with two sons, about age four and six. The four year-old was in trouble. “Sit on this chair,” his mother said. “Your punishment is time-out for ten minutes.”...
by Bill Farley | Oct 22, 2019 | parenting, Uncategorized
MY WIFE AND I often speak at parenting conferences. Sometimes I make the off-hand comment that, in the Bible, the father is the lead parent, and his wife is his helper. I am often surprised at the reaction. “Where did you get such a crazy idea?” Or, “I don’t like it...
