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 | Dec 28, 2013 | Uncategorized
Tom Nettles, professor of historical theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, just published a new book on Charles Spurgeon. For Spurgeon the cross of Christ was central to the Bible. Here is a quote from Nettles describing Mr. Spurgeon’s cross... by Bill Farley | Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
As any avid reader will testify, there are books and then there are books. Some contain information but little else. Others lift us into the very presence of God exerting a gravitational pull on our thought life, bringing us back to key ideas for days, sometimes...