by Mark Farnham | Dec 23, 2014 | Apologetics
One of the most important responses a Christian can give to someone who asks a difficult question about the Christian faith is, “I don’t know.” In the minds of many Christians, this is exactly what can never be admitted. To admit that they don’t know the answer seems...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 15, 2014 | Apologetics, Theology
http://www.gospelproject.com/2013/10/how-did-we-get-the-bible-and-can-we-trust-it/ This is a guest post from Darrell Bock (Ph.D., University of Aberdeen). Bock is Senior Research Professor of New Testament Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. You can see the whole...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 12, 2014 | Apologetics
One of the reasons the average Christian does not like sharing the gospel is that she may have been taught a model of evangelism that resembles a search and rescue operation. The goal in this model is to find the non-Christian, defeat the unbelief holding him hostage,...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 10, 2014 | Apologetics
Many times in a conversation with an unbeliever a Christian will find himself faced with an apparent no-win situation. The unbeliever may say something like, “I could never believe in a God who arbitrarily lets bad people live and good people die.” Or, “How can you...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 8, 2014 | Apologetics
The healthy church as an institution of apologetics has the advantage of being an explanation of the gospel by its very presence. The quality of life in a gathering of believers is a startling apologetic to a world that is critical, negative, competitive,...
