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 | Aug 1, 2022 | Culture
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY AMERICANS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE WORD, UTOPIA. The dictionary defines it as “an imagined place or state of things where everything is perfect.” But neither the word nor the concept existed 500 years ago. Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor...
by Bill Farley | Mar 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, what is the fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative? When all the vehemence is boiled down, how are their worldviews different? It is a good question, and the answer might surprise you. It is not their belief, or lack of belief,...
by Bill Farley | Oct 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
I RECENTLY SAW A SIGN HANGING in front of a pet supply store. “PETS ARE PEOPLE TOO.” It’s a “nice” sentiment. We all love our pets. They deserve good treatment, so let’s relate to them like people. But underneath this slogan is a sinister change in assumptions about...
by Bill Farley | Aug 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
IN HIS IMPORTANT essay The Pelagian Captivity of the Church R.C. Sproul notes that almost all of our thinking about theology rises or falls on our understanding of human nature. Pelagianism is a term for the belief that people are born basically good and possess the...