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C Michael Patton

C Michael Patton

C. Michael Patton is the primary contributor to the Parchment and Pen/Credo Blog. He has been in ministry for nearly twenty years as a pastor, author, speaker, and blogger. Find him on Patreon Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary (2001), president of Credo House Ministries and Credo Courses, author of Now that I'm a Christian (Crossway, 2014) Increase My Faith (Credo House, 2011), and The Theology Program (Reclaiming the Mind Ministries, 2001-2006), host of Theology Unplugged, and primary blogger here at Parchment and Pen. But, most importantly, husband to a beautiful wife and father to four awesome children. Michael is available for speaking engagements. Join his Patreon and support his ministry

Credo House Ministries
Christology
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Was Christ Ever Depressed? or “Why Didn’t Christ Know the Time of His Coming?”

One of the most terrifying things about going through depression is the idea that it will never end. Our minds are terrificly mysterious. Our minds play tricks on us. Whatever...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Christian Philosophy
Heresies
Orthodoxy
Prolegomena
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Heresies: Gnosticism – A Divided World

“I can’t wait to get out of this body and off this earth to live with Jesus forever.” “The things on earth are all evil. Material possessions, earthly...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Ecclesiology (Church)
Lisa Robinson
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Ministry Madness and Shaky Structures: A Warning in 1 Corinthians 3:10-17

I was recently reading through 1 Corinthians and had to park on this passage.  I think the tendency when reading this passage is to impose an individualized meaning on it.  If...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Rob Bowman
The Great Trinity Debate
Trinity
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The Great Trinity Debate, Part 6: Rob Bowman’s Closing Statement

I would like to thank David Burke for taking so much time from his busy life to participate in this debate. His efforts have given all of us an opportunity to learn a great...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Uncategorized
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LOST: The Greatest Hoax in American Television History

I am not sure who to blame. Is it the writers or ABC? I am sure that I carry some of the blame as well since I was a participant. Either way, that was six years of my life...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Christian Life
Doubt
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Dealing with Doubt: Part 4 – Intellectual Doubt

“Ninety-nine percent truth and one percent error amounts to one-hundred percent error.” This is what I was taught when I was nineteen-years-old. And I believed it....
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Cults
Lisa Robinson
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Five Signs You Might Be in a Cult-Like Ministry

I had the immense privilege this past semester of taking Historical Theology II with Dr. John Hannah.  One day, we had a discussion about classic American cults and he talked...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Christology
Heresies
Orthodoxy
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Heresies: Nestorianism – A Divided Christ

Have you heard something like this: “When Christ was in the Garden of Gethsemane asking for relief, it was the human side of him speaking.” Or how about this,...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Hermeneutics
Old Testament
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The Problem of using Old Testament Prophecy to Defend Christ

One of the best ways to confirm the Christian faith is through prophecies in the Old Testament fulfilled in Christ. As I read through certain portions of the Old Testament I...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Church History
Heresies
Orthodoxy
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Heretics

I cannot tell you how many times I have been called a heretic. It simply comes with the territory of teaching theology. I have been called a heretic by...
by C Michael Patton
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