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...
by Bill Farley | Jun 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Since 1970 three crucial social changes have rocked Western Culture. All three are related. The first was the sexual revolution that began in the late sixties. The second was the gender-feminist movement. It emerged as a significant cultural force in the mid...
by Bill Farley | Jan 13, 2011 | Uncategorized
Some complain when they hear of a new church plant. “We don’t need more churches.” However, in his book Breakout Churches: Discover How to Make the Leap Thom Ranier notes that “eighty percent of the churches in North America have either...
by Bill Farley | Aug 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
Does the church need to “be cool” to attract young people? Is that the answer to the decline in attendance for the twenty somethings? The Wall Street Journal, of all places, has an interesting take on this question.Grace Christian Fellowship is a young...