by Bill Farley | Nov 19, 2021 | theology, Uncategorized
(This article appeared previously at Servants of Grace website) THE GREAT SCHISM OCCURRED on July 16, 1054. It permanently alienated the Eastern Orthodox Churches from the western Roman Catholic Church. What were the issues? Sadly, they were trivial—whether to use... by Bill Farley | Aug 2, 2021 | Church Planting, Uncategorized
MY WIFE AND I, WITH FIVE OTHER COUPLES, planted a church in 2002. In the weeks before we began, two friends took me aside separately to admonish us. “Don’t we already have enough churches in Spokane? Do we really need more?” There are at least two reasons why...
by Bill Farley | Jun 12, 2020 | Leadership, PREACHING
EVERYONE IN THE FIRST CENTURY WORLD knew the purpose of a winnowing fork. Farmers used it to separate the wheat from its chaff. They tossed the grain into the air. The wind blew the lighter chaff to the side, and the heavier wheat fell to the threshing floor. In the... by Bill Farley | Mar 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
JUDY AND I ARE in southern Arizona enjoying the dessert sun. Last weekend we attended a Gospel Coalition/9Marks church in the local area. The people were sincere and kind. We were graciously and effectively greeted several times.But the church exhibited an... by Bill Farley | Sep 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
In his book, Prophetic Untimeliness, author, Os Guinness makes the following important observation. “Emphasize only the natural fit between the gospel and the spirit of our age and we will have an easy, comfortable gospel that is closer to our age than to the...
