by Mark Farnham | Jun 30, 2015 | Apologetics, Culture, Ethics, LGBTQ, Philosophy
I was reading an interview with seven philosophers about the SCOTUS decision legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states, and in none of their short essays, save one, did the philosophers who responded actually apply any serious philosophy. Their answers are mostly...
by Mark Farnham | Jun 9, 2015 | Apologetics, Christian Living, Evangelism, The Church
In an article last month in Christianity Today on the state of evangelism in the American church, Ed Stetzer summarizes two recent studies by Lifeway Researchers and the Barna Group. The Lifeway study concluded what any observant Christian already knows—evangelism has...
by Mark Farnham | Jun 3, 2015 | Church History, Theology
I spoke at my son’s Baccalaureate service this week, and it was held at an area church. The service provided an opportunity for the fellowship of Christian students at his public school to celebrate the faithfulness of God to them during the last year, and to...
by Mark Farnham | Mar 5, 2015 | Apologetics, Atheism/Skepticism, Book Reviews, Culture
Atheism has been at the forefront of American consciousness since 9/11, because of its supposed ability to lead us to a religion-less utopia. The decade of attention on the “new atheism” has passed, yet atheistic literature shows no signs of slowing down. For...
by Mark Farnham | Feb 16, 2015 | Apologetics, Book Reviews, Christian Thinkers
This is an enlightening part of Greg Koukl’s book, Tactics: There is no neutral ground when it comes to the tolerance question. Everybody has a point of view she thinks is right, and everybody passes judgment at some point or another. The Christian gets pigeonholed as...
