by Bill Farley | Dec 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Mother and ChildWe have five children. When they were young my wife, Judy, was often abused in the grocery check out line with comments like, “Don’t you know what causes babies?”It has not gotten better. Today the animosity is worse.Doug... by Bill Farley | Nov 1, 2012 | Uncategorized
A recent article in Christianity Today highlights the important role of parents, especially in the first five years of a child’s life. The author writes, “The family is the smallest and most powerful unit of human culture—for good or for ill—and exerts its... by Bill Farley | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
A new article in Christianity Today highlights how parents are failing to pass on the baton of faith.A survey of American religious life notes that for the first time “Protestants” are a minority in American culture. This is due to the rise of people who... by Bill Farley | Aug 15, 2011 | Uncategorized
Jesus went to great lengths to convince us that family is never ultimate. For example, he put little trust in his biological family. After his ministry began his own hometown rejected him (Luke 4:18-32). When his family approached him expecting special attention, he... by Bill Farley | Jan 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
Even though hotly contested today, anyone with basic common sense will confess that marriage between a man and woman is the backbone of civilization. Break or discourage this union and the social house of cards will come tumbling down. Recent data from the Pew...