by Bill Farley | Apr 13, 2020 | Humility
EVERY CULTURE ASSUMES FACTS about God and man. They are like glasses through which we view life. Most are unaware that they have them on or that the assumptions of other times and places differ. But nothing could be further from the truth. Our cultural lenses are...
by Bill Farley | Dec 12, 2019 | biography, Christian Ministry, church history, evangelism
Fiery Evangelist of Wales WALES IS OFTEN CALLED THE LAND OF REVIVALS. It is called that because of the number and frequency of its spiritual visitations. Wales first experience of revival was the Great Awakening in 1740-42. The prominent leader in that work was the...
by Bill Farley | Dec 9, 2019 | biography, church history
IN 1739 A THIN, FIVE FOOT TWO, thirty-six year old Anglican priest mounted a small eminence in a brickyard just outside the city of Bristol, England. At a time when less than 1% of English men had a college degree, he was an Oxford graduate, and he had been trained to...
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 14, 2019 | biography, church history, Puritanism, Puritans
IN THE 1660’S CHARLES II, KING OF ENGLAND, asked John Owen (1616-83) why he went to hear the preaching of an uneducated tinker (an old name for a blacksmith)? The King was amazed that a man of Owen’s prominence would stoop to associate with a tinker. Owen...