There is a fine line between healthy parental love and child worship. We know the latter has happened when we begin compromising God’s will for the sake of our children or their activities… Compromise always points to idolatry. It displeases God. He does not like competitors, especially when they are our children.

— William Farley (b. 1948), Pastor und Buchautor

Topics: Relationships & Family, Discipleship, Temptation & Struggle

Occasions: For Reflection

William Farley

William Farley (* 1948) ist ein US-amerikanischer evangelikal-reformierter Autor und Pastor, der von 2002 bis 2018 die Gemeinde „Grace Christian Fellowship“ in Spokane leitete. Bekanntheit erlangte er durch theologische Bücher und Beiträge, in denen er das biblische Evangelium auf Ehe, Kindererziehung, Demut und persönliche Heiligung anwendet. Für Bibelleser bietet sein Werk praktische Impulse, wie reformierte Kreuzestheologie im Alltag und in zwischenmenschlichen Beziehungen konkret gelebt werden kann.

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