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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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Christian Life
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Leaving Christianity for All the Wrong Reasons

In the last post on this series I discussed why people leave Christianity, focusing on intellectual reasons. This post will focus on theological reasons why people leave...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Theology
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Sex in the Church

From Daniel Eaton at Theologica: I know this is a touchy subject (no pun intended), but are Christians, as a whole, sexually oppressed? Recently, I came across this article on...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane
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A Day at a Greek Orthodox Monastery

Spending another week on Patmos has been a great joy. It has occurred to me that I have not given you much of a detailed look at what it’s like to spend a day here,...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Culture
Current Issues in Theology
Emerging Church
Epistemology
Evangelicalism
Postmodernism
Prolegomena
Theology
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“Convert Tinted Glasses” or “Are Emergers Simply ‘Embittered Evangelicals’?”

“Converstionism.” This is one of the few marks of Evangelicalism spoken of by Evangelical historian Mark Noll. Evangelicals believe that people must experience a...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Ministry
Theology
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The Problem of Pastoral Depression

“Monday morning blues.” That is what it is sometimes called. Most ministers know what I am talking about even if they cannot find a safe place to admit it. It...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Roman Catholicism
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Why I Don’t Buy the Roman Catholic Interpretation of John 6 in Defense of Transubstantiation

Catholic apologetics is more robust today than it has been in the recent past. Since Rome has given more freedom of exploration and discover along with the encouragement for...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Christian Philosophy
Christology
Paul Copan
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Not Letting Jesus Be Jesus: Some Responses to Religious Pluralism

In my last blog, I began a discussion on religious pluralism by first making observations about religious diversity. We mentioned Oprah Winfrey’s claim that there are...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Ministry
Personal (Michael Patton)
Theology
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Confessions: What I Hate About Ministry

“Hello, my name is Michael. I am in ministry. I am a minister. Yes, a pastor.”  I am neither a pastor nor the some of a pastor. Nor am I the son of the...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Christian Life
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God loves me, God loves me not . . .

This is an email from one of the P&P readers. I asked him if I could share this with you to try to get some help and encouragement. Michael, I read your “Leaving...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Naturalism/Atheism
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Defending the Closet Atheist

I use the word atheist to be provocative. Agnostic might be a better word. I have an acquaintance who is a closet agnostic, not wanting to disrupt his family and friends. He...
by C Michael Patton
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