by Mark Farnham | Nov 1, 2010 | Pastoral Ministry, The Church, Theology
Those of us who teach Bible and theology in Christian colleges and seminaries learn quickly to live with chastened hopes of making a significant impact on the church in America today. I am well aware that any influence I might ever have on believers outside my local...
by Mark Farnham | Oct 27, 2010 | Book Reviews, Christian Living, Culture, Theology, Worship
I am not against television per se, but I am a firm believer that the cumulative effect of many hours spent watching TV is a spiritual and mental dullness that can rob a Christian of the ability to think biblically, and therefore, to live biblically. Greg Beale states...
by Mark Farnham | Oct 24, 2010 | Christian Thinkers, Theology
A good many people nowadays say, “I believe in a God, but not in a personal God.” They feel that the mysterious something which is beyond all other things must be more than a person. Now the Christians quite agree. But the Christians are the only people...
by Mark Farnham | Oct 12, 2010 | Biblical Studies
David’s lament for his friend Jonathan stands as one of the most touching expressions of grief for a friend in all of ancient literature. Read these selected verses from 2 Samuel 1 to feel the intense sorrow of one friend for another. 19 “Your glory, O Israel,...
by Mark Farnham | Oct 11, 2010 | The Church, Theology
Based on the reactions to the Al Mohler story in Christianity Today, Carl Trueman makes a strong argument against the existence of evangelicalism as a movement in any meaningful sense. This is a much abbreviated version of the same assertion D.G. Hart made a few years...
