by Mark Farnham | Dec 16, 2010 | Christian Thinkers, Theology
The Word became flesh! God became human! the invisible became visible! the untouchable became touchable! eternal life experienced temporal death! the transcendent one descended and drew near! the unlimited became limited! the infinite became finite! the immutable...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 15, 2010 | Book Reviews, Theology
To speak of sin by itself, to speak of it apart from the realities of creation and grace, is to forget the resolve of God. God wants shalom and will pay any price to get it back. Human sin is stubborn, but not as stubborn as the grace of God and not half so...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 13, 2010 | Church History, Theology
That God would take human flesh, and that not of one of the great and the good but of a child born of apparently dubious parentage to a young woman scarcely more than a child herself, that he would be delivered in a stable – these are things that are an affront...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 13, 2010 | Culture
Apple’s cofounder, Steve Wozniak: “All of a sudden, we’ve lost a lot of control,” he said. “We can’t turn off our internet; we can’t turn off our smartphones; we can’t turn off our computers.” “You used to...
by Mark Farnham | Dec 9, 2010 | Christian Living, Theology
How do you tell when someone is truly repentant for sin? It’s not always easy. Remorse often looks like repentance, with its sorrow, tears, and apologies. Yet Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 7:10-11 that remorse and repentance are two different responses, each with its...