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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

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A Week on Lesbos in Search of… Manuscripts

By the time you read this blog post, I will be back in Athens, coming off a week-long expedition to the island of Lesbos. Yes, Lesbos. This is the third largest of the 2000...
by C Michael Patton
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Apologetics
Bibliology
Eastern Orthodox
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Prolegomena
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In Defense of Sola Scripture, Part 9: A Biblical Defense

Now I will start to give a brief positive defense of the Protestant doctrine of sola Scriptura. The Scripture implicitly and explicitly speaks of its unique authority and...
by C Michael Patton
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Apologetics
Bibliology
Canon
Evangelicalism
Sola Scriptura
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In Defense of Sola Scriptura – Part Eight(b) – What about all the divisions?

3. Division is not always a bad thing I am a Calvinist, others are Arminian. I believe in a premillenial eschatology, others are amillinial. I am a traducianist with regards...
by C Michael Patton
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Apologetics
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In Defense of Sola Scriptura – Part Eight – What about all the divisions?

The fifth argument against sola Scriptura: Without the infallible authority of the Church, the Church would be hopelessly divided on matters of doctrine and morals. This would...
by C Michael Patton
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Apologetics
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My Definite Stance on Inerrancy

For my upcoming Bibliology and Hermeneutics students, here is a rework of my stance on inerrancy. Do I believe in inerrancy? I guess, these days, it depends on who you ask and...
by C Michael Patton
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In Defense of Sola Scriptura – Part Seven – What About the Canon?

The next argument against sola Scriptura: Without the infallible declaration of the Church, there would be no way of knowing what books belong in the canon of Scripture. Since...
by C Michael Patton
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Theological Word of the Day: Sola Fide

If you have not subscribed to the Theological Word of the Day, you should. Here is today’s entry: Sola Fide Latin “faith alone” The historic Protestant...
by C Michael Patton
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Bibliology
Canon
Eastern Orthodox
Evangelicalism
Prolegomena
Roman Catholicism
Sola Scriptura
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In Defense of Sola Scriptura – Part Six – Apostolic Succession?

The third argument for the Dual-Source Theory and against sola Scriptura has to do with a concept called “apostolic succession.” Most non-Anglican Protestants are not very...
by C Michael Patton
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Christ’s Resurrection Predicted on Ancient Tablet: Good or Bad?

I am not up on the facts of this case, but I found this article very interesting. Most importantly, it would seem that according to some, such a discovery (described below)...
by C Michael Patton
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Photographing the Wee Beastie

Three days after I came home from our first expedition of the season (to Albania and Greece), I took off again—this time, on a road trip. With two other guys, we drove...
by C Michael Patton
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