by Mark Farnham | Nov 8, 2010 | Christian Thinkers, Christology, Theology
The Glory of the Cross is understood when we see that the impaled and immolated Christ is not simply a helpless victim, rather that the Cross was the instrument by which our Lord wielded his Almightiness, through the Eternal Spirit, as the weapon of his warfare so...
by Mark Farnham | Nov 5, 2010 | Christian Thinkers, Leadership, Pastoral Ministry, Theology
Teaching in a theological climate is a very lonely and sometimes daunting enterprise. Even with the most absorbed and friendly class, you are all alone there in front. What you say will inevitably be passed on—sometimes garbled and distorted. When you read the exams...
by Mark Farnham | Nov 3, 2010 | Christian Thinkers, Philosophy, Theology
What sort of freak then is man? How novel, how monstrous, how chaotic, how paradoxical, how prodigious, judge of all things, feeble earth worm, repository of truth, sink of doubt and error, glory and refuse of the universe. Blaise Pascal, 17th century...
by Mark Farnham | Nov 2, 2010 | Apologetics, Science
Every few months a major news story breaks about a new scientific discovery that will either change life as we know it, or that disproves once again something Christianity teaches. So, Christians live with the ever frustrating task of explaining once again how they...
by Mark Farnham | Nov 1, 2010 | Pastoral Ministry, The Church, Theology
Those of us who teach Bible and theology in Christian colleges and seminaries learn quickly to live with chastened hopes of making a significant impact on the church in America today. I am well aware that any influence I might ever have on believers outside my local...
