by Mark Farnham | Mar 30, 2011 | Book Reviews, Language, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching
I am the Good Shepherd. I am the Door. I am the Bread of Life. How often would I have gathered you under my wings. My beloved is a bouquet of flowers. I have fought a good fight. Metaphor is a powerful tool in communication; so powerful, in fact, that Jesus conveyed...
by Mark Farnham | Mar 29, 2011 | Biblical Studies, Book Reviews
“I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows. And I know that this man was caught up into paradise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God...
by Mark Farnham | Mar 4, 2011 | Pastoral Ministry, Theology
As Piper’s comment in the previous post argued, being a pastor/theologian does not mean staying up-to-date on all the latest scholarly publications produced each year. I teach seminary full time and cannot keep up with everything published in even one of the...
by Mark Farnham | Mar 3, 2011 | Christian Thinkers, Pastoral Ministry, Theology
If I am scholarly, it is not in any sense because I try to stay on the cutting edge in the discipline of biblical and theological studies. I am way too slow for that. What scholarlywould mean for me is that the greatest Object of knowledge is God and that he has...
by Mark Farnham | Mar 2, 2011 | Christian Living, Christian Thinkers
Sorry is not a magic formula which wipes the slate clean in every sense, and neither is God’s grace. There is a difference between, on the one hand, forgiveness and restoration to fellowship, and, on the other, going back to the way things were. Some actions...
