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...
by Bill Farley | Nov 11, 2019 | Christian Ministry, church history, Puritans, Uncategorized
PURITANISM WAS A TIME OF DEEP AND PROFOUND Biblical thinking. John Owen (1616-83), a contemporary of Bunyan and Cromwell, is considered by most the greatest Puritan divine. In fact, many consider him England’s greatest theological thinker period. In the opinion of...
by Bill Farley | Sep 18, 2019 | church history, Human Nature, Pride, Sin, theology
LIFE IN FOURTH CENTURY ROME WAS DIFFICULT AT BEST. The population was about 1 million. The next largest city was 300,000. Rodney Stark, in his book Cities of God, notes that “Roman cities were small, extremely crowded, filthy beyond imagining, disorderly,...
by Bill Farley | Jul 19, 2019 | church history, Gospel
IT IS EASY TO FORGET WHY THE REFORMATION OCCURRED. This is especially true in the presence or zealous, sincere, Jews, Catholics, or liberal Protestants. Two of my favorite political commentators are Dennis Prager and Ben Shapiro, both Orthodox Jews. We have much in...
by Bill Farley | Jun 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
OCT 17 WILL BE THE FIVE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY of the Protestant Reformation. Here are some books for fun Summer reading. There are too many to settle for one. Brand Luther, by Andrew Pettegree was a delightful read. In 1517, at the age of 34, Luther began publishing....