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 | Mar 25, 2019 | Culture, Humility, Pride, Sanctification
CULTURAL ASSUMPTIONS ARE LIKE a set of glasses through which we view life. Those who have never taken the glasses off think what they see is what all people, in all places, at all times have seen. Only those who remove them can critique our present...
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....
by Bill Farley | Mar 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
HOW DO YOU REACT when you hear the word, “Puritan?” Do you think of the hypocritical pastor Dimmesdale in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel, The Scarlet Letter, or do you think of the uptight, rigid, legalists in Arthur Miller’s prominent play, The...