by Mark Farnham | Sep 28, 2010 | Book Reviews, Leadership, Pastoral Ministry, The Church
There is one important distinction between the metaphor of father and that of shepherd. Children grow up and become less dependent on their earthly father, though the relationship continues. Sheep, on the other hand, are always completely dependent on their shepherd....
by Mark Farnham | Sep 27, 2010 | Christian Thinkers, Culture, The Church, Theology
It is a fact that falsehood is never so false as when it is very nearly true. It is when the stab comes near the nerve of truth, that the Christian conscience cries out in pain. G. K. Chesterton Chesterton lived a few decades before neo-orthodoxy (N-O) hit its stride...
by Mark Farnham | Sep 23, 2010 | Apologetics, Philosophy, Science
Stephen Hawking’s new book The Grand Design was released last week, and it has already caused quite a stir. Hawking, a British theoretical physicist and cosmologist, is most well known as the genius in a wheelchair, having lived with neuro-muscular dystrophy for...
by Mark Farnham | Sep 22, 2010 | Christian Thinkers, Church History, Pastoral Ministry, Preaching
There are few things more disheartening as a congregant than hearing a forty minute preacher preach for fifty minutes, a thirty minute preacher preach for forty minutes, or a twenty minute preacher preach for thirty minutes. Somehow, that last ten minutes can weaken...
by Mark Farnham | Sep 17, 2010 | Christian Living, Church History, Preaching, The Church
What role do revivalism, evangelists, emotional altar calls, crisis decisions, etc. have in a church dedicated to faithful preaching? According to Kevin Bauder, none. And I agree. Bauder is the president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Plymouth, MN, near...
