by Mark Farnham | Jun 8, 2016 | Literature, Philosophy
I often tell my students that the two most important books they can read outside the Bible are 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Both novels capture the outcome of opposing views of the world. Both show that regardless of political freedom or...
by Mark Farnham | Jun 7, 2016 | Apologetics, The Church
As I wrote in an earlier post, many churches have given up on any kind of organized evangelism program. And those that still have them seldom find them to be effective, but they soldier on out of a sense of duty. The problem with both giving up and staying committed...
by Mark Farnham | Jun 6, 2016 | Apologetics, Biblical Studies
Since the time of the Reformation, Christians have summarized their beliefs about the Bible in four words. These attributes of Scripture form an acrostic, SCAN, which stands for sufficiency, clarity, authority, and necessity. The sufficiency of Scripture means that...
by Mark Farnham | May 31, 2016 | Apologetics, Biblical Studies
The Bible did not fall from heaven as a finished product placed in the hands of men. Neither was it, like the claims of both Mormonism and Islam, translated from golden plates found in a hillside or cave. Rather, God communicated to human authors in various ways, and...
by Mark Farnham | May 27, 2016 | Apologetics, Biblical Studies
The doctrine of Scripture is one of the most important doctrines to know in depth since the Bible serves as our foundation for knowing what we know. The Bible is also the target of many attacks on Christianity, so the better we know how it was written, what it...
