by Bill Farley | Jul 9, 2024 | Culture, Uncategorized
IT IS NORMAL TO PREFER TO THINK ABOUT GOD’S POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES. I’m sure most readers would rather meditate on what God loves rather than what he hates. A favorite verse of most is “God is Love” (1 John 4:16), and we are so thankful that this...
by Bill Farley | Oct 2, 2023 | Politics, Uncategorized
IN THE NORTHWEST WHERE I LIVE the mayoral and school board races are dominated by liberals. Why is this the case? Where are the conservatives? Why are so few politically engaged? The answer lies in the Christian worldview. Our hope is not in this world. It is in the...
by Bill Farley | Aug 28, 2023 | Grace, Uncategorized
IMAGINE COMING ACROSS A CENTURIES-OLD, abandoned set of ruins in the jungle without asking why someone built them. We wouldn’t do this because humans do everything with purpose, and so does God. In fact, we ask about purposes because God is purposeful, and he made us...
by Bill Farley | Jul 5, 2023 | Human Nature, Uncategorized
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I made a business trip to Rome. My friend, Bob, was with my wife and me. He was an habitual personality. When he found a restaurant that he liked, he went back repeatedly. On the first night, he ate at Alfredos, the restaurant that popularized...
by Bill Farley | Mar 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
PEOPLE OFTEN ASK, what is the fundamental difference between a liberal and a conservative? When all the vehemence is boiled down, how are their worldviews different? It is a good question, and the answer might surprise you. It is not their belief, or lack of belief,...