by Mark Farnham | Jun 14, 2010 | Biblical Studies, Christian Life, Theology
Self-pity feels good. Self-pity whispers to you, “You have every right to feel bad for yourself. After all, you have not gotten what is coming to you, what you are entitled to. You deserve better than this, and others should agree.” Self-pity often progresses to...
by Mark Farnham | Jun 11, 2010 | Christian Life, Church History, Theology
A choice commonly placed before believers at some time in their Christian experience is the suggestion, or even demand that they center their lives on the Bible, or alternately, on the Holy Spirit. Either they live their lives according to the written Word, or they...
by Mark Farnham | Jun 9, 2010 | Christian Life, Church History, Theology
No one likes illness, suffering, or pain, yet the results of these things can have eternal value. It has been said that if dependence upon God is the objective, then weakness is an advantage. Weakness and suffering have tremendous advantage for our salvation and...
by Mark Farnham | Jun 8, 2010 | Christian Life, The Church, Theology
Thanks to everyone around the world who was praying last Thursday for my kidney transplant at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP). The doctors said that it was a very successful transplant and they are confident my body will not reject the kidney. My...
by Mark Farnham | Jun 4, 2010 | Apologetics, Church History, The Church, Theology
J. Gresham Machen’s classic, Christianity and Liberalism, was one of the most influential books of its time when it was first published in 1923. Many consider it to be a challenge to theological liberalism that was never answered by liberals. Machen’s clarity and...
