by Bill Farley | Oct 14, 2024 | love, Uncategorized
ONE NIGHT DURING WWII’s BATTLE OF BRITAIN, Winston Churchill received top secret info that the Germans were going to bomb the city of Coventry England. He knew this because British intelligence had broken the German wireless code. This put Churchill in a...
by Bill Farley | Sep 16, 2024 | 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 | Jul 9, 2024 | Culture, Uncategorized
IT IS NORMAL TO PREFER TO THINK ABOUT GOD’S POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES. I’m sure most readers would rather meditate on what God loves rather than what he hates. A favorite verse of most is “God is Love” (1 John 4:16), and we are so thankful that this...
by Bill Farley | Jul 2, 2024 | Hermeneutics, Uncategorized
THE RULE OF FAITH IS A CRUCIAL INTERPRETIVE TOOL. Without it we will misunderstand and misapply the Bible. It is the principle that every text/subject in scripture can only be understood by looking at it through the lens of everything else the Bible says about that...
by Bill Farley | May 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
HELL IS HORRIBLE. There is no other way to say it. The biblical teaching is extremely sobering. The Bible compares hell to a lake of fire and sulphur (Revelation 20). It is a place where their “their worm does not die and their fire will not be quenched”...
by Bill Farley | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorized
NO ONE WANTS to be anxious. Nevertheless, many of us wrestle with anxiety. It is an unpleasant experience. You can’t be happy and anxious at the same time. So, conquering anxiety is something everyone wants to do.I have learned that it helps to identify the...