by Bill Farley | Apr 25, 2020 | Christian Ministry, Leadership, Sanctification
THE BIBLICAL GOAL OF CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP is the glory of God radiating from a local church. The question is, how best to accomplish this? What tools do we have at our disposal? The 9Marks (expository preaching, evangelism, church membership, and church...
by Bill Farley | Feb 6, 2020 | Leadership, Ministry
JAKE SERVES ON THE COUNSELING MINISTRY. He meets weekly with a young man that has a porn problem. They read scripture and pray together. The counselee feels remorse and says he wants to change, but six months later, little or no progress has been made. Jake is...
by Bill Farley | Apr 18, 2019 | Christian Ministry, Gospel
“Go up to the hills and bring wood and build the house, that I may take pleasure in it and that I may be glorified, says the Lord.”Haggai 1:8 WHEN HAGGAI WROTE THESE WORDS, the nation of Israel had returned from Babylonian exile. The temple was in ruins. They...
by Bill Farley | Apr 1, 2019 | Christian Ministry
I RECENTLY RETIRED from a life of preaching. It was a difficult decision, and a sad day, but one that had to come. At my retirement party God indelibly engraved on my heart a crucial lesson. God hears prayer. I believe passionately in the ministry of preaching. I also...
by Bill Farley | Mar 6, 2019 | Christian Ministry, scripture, The Word of God, theology
AT SOME TIME EVERY CHRISTIAN WORKER gets discouraged by the lack of growth or the sheer carnality in the people that he or she serves. People are slow to change. Some never seem to change. Then there is the bickering and infighting. Although the Bible implies that...