by Bill Farley | Jun 2, 2023 | Ministry, Uncategorized
WHEN GOD USES US, it can deceive us into building our lives around being used by him. In other words, the work of the Lord, rather than the Lord of the Work, becomes the center of our lives. It becomes our identity. It rather than the Lord himself, is where we find...
by Bill Farley | Jan 16, 2023 | New Birth, Uncategorized
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A CHRISTIAN? Are you one because you signed a pledge card, or raised your hand at a crusade, or walked to an altar and prayed the sinners prayer? In previous posts, we saw that conversion is likened to going through a New Birth or becoming a...
by Bill Farley | Dec 23, 2022 | Civil Government, Uncategorized
IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, you were deeply disappointed by the results of the last election. Despite massive government corruption, an open border, out of control federal deficits leading to the highest inflation in forty years, the increasing collapse of freedom of speech...
by Bill Farley | Dec 15, 2022 | book review, Uncategorized
I ROUTINELY READ 40-50 books per year. With that in mind, here are a few of my favorites from the last six months. For the right person, these would make great Christmas gifts. The first is Christopher Columbus Mariner by one of America’s great historians,...
by Bill Farley | Dec 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
MY DEAR FRIEND, JIM NIMNICHT, DIED ON DECEMBER 7. It was a personal, relational blow of major magnitude. Death always makes us sad. But it’s not gut-wrenching until it’s up close and personal, until it takes someone you were just sitting next to in church, that...
by Bill Farley | Dec 8, 2022 | Humility, Uncategorized
MOST THEOLOGIANS THROUGHOUT HISTORY have considered humility the queen of virtues. Why is that when the Bible seems to put the emphasis on love? For example, love is eternal. It is greater than faith and hope (1 Cor 13:13). Paul tells us that if we don’t have...