Theology - Apologetics for the Church

Incredible Source for Defending the Doctrine of Scripture

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...

The People Who Know Their God

by Mark Farnham | Jan 15, 2013 | Theology

Forty years ago J. I. Packer published his well-known book on the person of God, Knowing God. Recently, I have been listening to the audiobook version and I am reminded again why this is considered a classic. Packer gets right to the heart of the issue for many...

Why Such Evil in Our World? We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise.

by Mark Farnham | Dec 19, 2012 | Culture, Theology

It is not possible to build a culture around a denial of God-given standards, and then arbitrarily reintroduce those standards at your convenience, whenever you need a word like evil to describe what has just happened. Those words cannot just be whistled up. If we...

When Will We See Peace on Earth?: Reconciling the Newtown Tragedy with the Christmas Story

by Mark Farnham | Dec 17, 2012 | Apologetics, Biblical Studies, Christian Life, Philosophy, Theology

Guest Post from Ray Jones, Pastor of Lighthouse Community Baptist Church, Pawcatuck, CT, and frequent religion writer in Southeastern Connecticut. Every day, my wife and I pray with each of our four children before they leave for school. Some days, we simply ask God...

Theologians of Glory or the Cross?

by Mark Farnham | Nov 7, 2011 | Church History, Pastoral Ministry, Theology

In the Heidelberg Disputation of 1518 Martin Luther set forward his radical new theology publically for the first time. This prompted two significant responses. First, the Strasbourg reformer Martin Bucer became a follower of Luther, and second, Johann Eck was moved...

Dangerous Preachers

by Mark Farnham | Oct 17, 2011 | Preaching, Theology

Because the underlying theological influence of most emergent theology (even though its advocates rarely know it) is Karl Barth, the written Word of God is debased in favor of the living Christ of the Word (a false dichotomy). As a result, the sermon content of...

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