by Bill Farley | Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
WHERE A TEXT APPEARS IN SCRIPTURE IS ALL IMPORTANT. The location often teaches pastors and their congregations big lessons. For example, The Sermon on the Mount contains Jesus’ first recorded teaching, and the first sentence is this simple declaration. “Blessed...
by Bill Farley | May 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
Alexander Tyler Fraser (1748-1813 observed, “A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves money from the Public Treasury. From that moment on the majority always votes for 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 | 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...