Six Ways People Hide Their Insecurity About Political Beliefs
A list of the most common logical and argumentative fallacies being used today.
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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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Why I Am Not Leaving Facebook
A lot of my friends and family are leaving Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the like due to their banishment of Donald Trump. For many, it’s because they love Trump and...
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5 Primary Ways the Spirit Leads Us
5 Avenues of the Holy Spirit Leading Us to Truth The ScripturesDoes the Bible speak to the matter? If it does, the matter can be settled, being reinforced by the following....
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How to Gain Respect When You Hate Everyone and Think They are Idiots
I had a guy unfriend me on Facebook. Yes, we were arguing politics. Both of our passions were high. The funny thing is how I know he unfriended me is because I received a...
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We Are Back to the Dark Ages
I don’t think I have ever seen a time in my life or in the history of the world that people are more uncritical in their acceptance and allegiance to their ideology. All I see...
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Could Trump Be A Christ-Figure? A Response to John Piper About Trump
Preface: Christ Figure: A literary technique or discovery that a person, whether they exist in reality or in fiction, parallels Christ in some way. The person or character...
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The Two Most Important Things Any Person Can Do
I do believe there are two conscious stages in your Christian walk and many miss out on who they are because they only take the first. Here they are: Trust in Christ for your...
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Does God Really Rest?
I know the Lord doesn’t need to rest. The wonderful, yet, so often, neglected, doctrine of asiety tells us he is in need of nothing. This is a philosophically necessary...
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Is There Any Future Resurrection for the Cremated?
I know of people who have been skeptical toward Christianity because they don’t see how there can be a correspondence between our future resurrected body and what happens to...
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12 Reasons Romans 9 Makes Me Calvinist
Considering that Matt O’Reilly from The Theology Project Online just posted “How Romans 9-11 (and Romans 8) Make Me Arminian” where he wants people to consider that Romans 9...
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