by Bill Farley | Jun 14, 2022 | book review, Uncategorized
I TYPICALLY READ ABOUT FIFTY BOOKS A YEAR. Most I read completely, but some I skim, reading only selected chapters. That’s what I did with Our Kids by Robert Putnam, professor of sociology at Harvard, which I just returned to my electronic bookshelf. But, this...
by Bill Farley | Sep 3, 2021 | Uncategorized
I just finished J. I. Packer’s 2013 book Weakness Is The Way, a short, four chapter introduction to 2 Corinthians. In that letter, because God perfects his strength through weakness, Paul boasts of his weaknesses, not his strengths. Packer’s book focuses on this idea...
by Bill Farley | Aug 31, 2021 | biography, book review, Uncategorized
HERE ARE SOME BOOKS that I have read in recent months. They are about adventurers, military heroes, thinking critically, and crucial doctrines, but they all share several things in common. First, they are interesting. Second, they are well-written, and third, they...
by Bill Farley | Aug 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
THE CURRENT CULTURAL MOMENT IS UNSETTLING. New terms (WOKE, Critical Theory, Critical Race Theory, Postmodernism, Cisgender, etc.) come faster than we can process them. Western culture is experiencing unprecedented turmoil and upheaval. Confusion seems to abound. What... by Bill Farley | Jun 13, 2019 | book review
Here is some recommended reading for this Summer. Why am I recommending them? First, they are interesting. Second, they are well-written, and third, they provide glimpses of God’s providence, his wider working the world at various times and places in history....