by Mark Farnham | Dec 15, 2014 | Apologetics, Biblical Studies, History, 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, Evangelism
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, Evangelism
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 Church
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,...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 3, 2014 | Christian Living, Christian Thinkers
The true religion is not that which has no difficulties. We have to swallow mysteries with it. But we have to swallow the same mysteries without it. G. K. Chesterton Defending the Christian faith can be difficult at times. There are some questions I can’t...