by Mark Farnham | Oct 20, 2014 | Apologetics, Church History, Philosophy, Theology
Reference to God’s incomprehensible essence also warns us against imagining what God is like, which would lead us inexorably down the road to idolatry. Recognizing God’s infinite and spiritual essence keeps us from thinking that God can be represented in imagery. Paul...
by Mark Farnham | Oct 17, 2014 | Apologetics, Christian Life, Church History
Christians who develop an interest in apologetics often begin to believe that the most important things to learn are logic, rational arguments, and evidential proofs. They can become very focused on making sure their logic is airtight, while completely ignoring the...
by Mark Farnham | Oct 3, 2014 | Apologetics, Church History, Missions, Theology
One of the most fundamental truths of Christian apologetics is that every person is born with a clear knowledge of God. I don’t mean that every person has knowledge of a God, but that each individual knows the God who created him. This idea seems...
by Mark Farnham | Feb 24, 2014 | Church History
Church History is one of those subjects that many feel inadequate to comprehend, remember, and use in Christian ministry. Unless one is a history buff, church history texts are often difficult to enjoy reading, and are often not typeset or designed to be memorable or...
by Mark Farnham | Jan 22, 2014 | Christian Life, Church History, Theology
From John Piper’s forward to John Owen’s book, Overcoming Sin and Temptation: As I look across the Christian landscape, I think it is fair to say concerning sin, “They have healed the wound of my people lightly” (Jer. 6:14; 8:11, ESV). I take this to refer...
by Mark Farnham | Nov 6, 2013 | Church History, Theology
The doctrine of Scripture is in need of defense in every generation. In our day the challenge is presented by those who want to say that the idea of inerrancy arose out of a corruption of Christian theology by Greek and modern philosophy, and that the Bible’s...