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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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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? (Complete)

Download as PDF How does one define the emerging church? This is not an easy question to answer. Are you emerging? Maybe you are and you just don’t know it. It is...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Christology
New Testament
Rob Bowman
Trinity
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In What Sense Are Jesus and the Father One? Part III: One in Purpose? Calvin’s View

I now turn to what is without a doubt the most popular interpretation of John 10:30 other than the traditional Trinitarian understanding, namely, the view that Jesus was...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Emerging Church
Epistemology
Evangelicalism
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Random Thoughts of Emergence

Having finished my series about the Emerging Church, I feel that it is important that I say a few things so that people have a better understanding about my thoughts in...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Emerging Church
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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? – Part 5 – Are You Emerging?

Are you an emerger? Is the emerging church heretical? What should my attitude be toward this “movement”? These are the questions that started this series of blog posts and I...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Emerging Church
Evangelicalism
Theology
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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up – Part 4 – Comparing Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, and Emergers

OK, I lied. Here is another parenthetical post in my emerging series. The five ways in which one can emerge will be coming soon. However, in my defense, I did not know I was...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? Part 3 – An Emerging Definition of “Emerging”

Often when I begin a series on the emerging church people approach me with two questions: 1) “Am I emerging?” 2) “Are you emerging?” In both counts this is really a loaded...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? Part 3 – An Emerging Definition of “Emerging”

by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Emerging Church
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Would the Real Emerging Please Stand Up? Part 2 – What is Orthodoxy?

Before my next post on what it means to be emerging, I thought it necessary to reiterate some issues about orthodoxy. I mentioned some in the Emergent strand of emergers that...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? Part 1

How does one define the emerging church? This is not an easy question to answer. Are you emerging? Maybe you are and you just don’t know it. It is very difficult to define...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
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The Bridge Called Doubt

I sometimes think that the world functions just like one would expect if God did not exist. “Doubt is a necessary evil on our journey toward belief.” We have all felt feelings...
by C Michael Patton
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