by Mark Farnham | Jul 13, 2010 | Apologetics, Philosophy
I am a firm believer in the believer’s responsibility to be prepared to give an answer (apologia) to those who ask him about his hope in Christ (1 Pet. 3:15). Apologetics has become a passion for me because I believe that the Christian faith can not only withstand...
by Mark Farnham | Jul 12, 2010 | Christian Living, Encouragement, Suffering
By Pastor Jeff Diedrich It has been almost eight years ago since it happened but few details escape my mind over the years as I recall the birth of our oldest boy, Zachary. With all our children’s births, there is the joy and anticipation of a new life entering the...
by Mark Farnham | Jul 9, 2010 | Christian Living, Christian Thinkers, Culture
The goal of worldly people is to move forward rather than upward, to live horizontally rather than vertically. They seek after outward prosperity rather than holiness. They burst with selfish desires rather than heartfelt supplications. If they do not deny God, they...
by Mark Farnham | Jul 8, 2010 | Christian Living, Christian Thinkers, Culture
People can be attending church, singing the songs, apparently listening to the sermons–no different on the outside than they’ve always been. But inside, that person is drifting. He sits in church but is not excited to be there. She sings songs without...
by Mark Farnham | Jul 7, 2010 | Christian Living, Culture, The Church
Put your finger on any prosperous age in the Church’s history, and I will find a little marginal note reading thus: “In this age men could readily see where the Church began and where the world ended.” Never were there good times where the church...
