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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
Apologetics
Christian Life
Ministry
Prolegomena
Theology
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What Part of Gentleness and Respect Don’t You We Understand?

In the last blog in this series, I talked about how to engage in theological conversation or controversy, especially on the internet. In this blog post I want to...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Current Issues in Theology
Text Criticism
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Friday Night Lights: Day One of the 2008 Greer-Heard Forum

The Greer-Heard Forum is an outstanding stage for dialogue between evangelical and non-evangelical scholars with opposing views on controversial subjects. It got off to an...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Anthropology
Primers
Social Issues
Theology
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A Primer on the Christian Understanding of Capital Punishment

Life is a precious gift of God. Christians see life as something that must be preserved, enjoyed, and celebrated. Yet Christians—evangelical Christians—are often...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Christology
Cults
Rob Bowman
Trinity
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In What Sense Are Jesus and the Father One? Part III: One in Purpose? C: John 17:21-23

Previous Post  Anti-Trinitarians commonly cross-reference John 10:30 and John 17:20-23 to try to prove that Jesus and the Father are only "one in purpose",...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Christian Life
Emerging Church
Evangelicalism
Rants
Theology
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The Premature Funeral of the “L” Word

I have been in some recent conversations with people and have come to find out something very interesting. We cannot use the “L” word any more....
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Emerging Church
Postmodernism
Prolegomena
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Phil Johnson on Contextualization

Phil Johnson of TeamPyro started a series on contextualization of the Gospel and Act 17 (Part 1, Part 2). He is combating what he believes to be a compromise of the Gospel...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Theology
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Help! My Pastor Says Theology Makes People Feel Dumb

Hey folks, I received this interesting correspondence from a P&P reader. I have been meaning to reply to him, but I thought that I would let you all give it...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Bibliology
Current Issues in Theology
Hermeneutics
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The Exegetical Process: What Does it Mean to You?

  What does it mean to you? This, I believe, is the most destructive question that one can ask of the Scriptures. The implication is that the Scriptures can...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Funny
Personal (Michael Patton)
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Are You Like Me? Take the Test

I am the product of a sub-emerging evangelical theological conversation which recognizes the validity of both the postmodern and modern ethos. Go ahead, label me! But...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Personal (Michael Patton)
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My Life, an Update

A few items: Parchment and Pen: One Year Later It has been one year (give or take) since I started the Parchment and Pen blog. Many people said “Don’t do it!” It will eat up...
by C Michael Patton
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