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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

Apologetics
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How to Blow Any Theological Conversation?

A Tale of Two Book Reviews First, read this excerpt from a book review about a person who claimed to have a near-death experience. “I have never heard such a stupid claim. The...
by C Michael Patton
Church History
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4 Gospels or 4 Forgeries

4 Gospels or 4 Forgeries? My name doesn’t carry much weight. I’m not that big of a deal in popularity or authority. There is no need for a press release when the words...
by C Michael Patton
Uncategorized
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Changing Doctrine? How Do Protestants (And Others) Justify Themselves?

How do Protestants justify their belief in sola fide (salvation by faith alone) if it didn’t exist prior to the sixteenth-century? How do Catholics explain their belief in the...
by C Michael Patton
Heresies
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Heretics – Why I Love (Some) of Them

by C Michael Patton
Doubt
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When We Misinterpret God

There have been times, too numerous to count, when I went one way, suspecting the Lord was heading in the same direction, only to find out the heart-breaking reality that God...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Doubt
Faith
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Living with Unanswered Questions

Some of you have a lot of questions about the Christian faith. I am especially talking to those of you who are “seekers,” who, according to your own testimony,...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Depression
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My Second Round with Depression

Depression. I hate it. I can’t think of many things in this life that are worse. Oh, how different I would be if I were never introduced to this dark shadow which...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Evangelicalism
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Fundamentalists, Liberals, and Evangelicals Charted

Tuesday night, at “Coffee and Theology” at the Credo House, I taught what might very well be the most important lesson I have ever taught for “Coffee and...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Roman Catholicism
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Five Views of Tradition’s Role in the Christian Life

“If it ain’t in the Bible, I don’t believe it.” Have you ever heard said that? How about this one: “The Bible says it, I believe it, that settles it.” You might have that...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Charismatic
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Do Charismatics Deny Sola Scriptura Due to their View of Prophecy?

While I am not a charismatic, I am around them all the time. In fact, I think that I have more charismatics that work for me than non-charismatics. It’s quite a bit of...
by C Michael Patton
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