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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
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Evidence for the Death of My Sister vs. Evidence for the Resurrection of Christ

My sister Angie died in January 2004. I believe this to be the case. In fact, I am so convicted of the veracity of her death, I say without hesitation that I am certain that...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Reasons not to Believe
Theology Unplugged
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Theology Unplugged: Reasons not to be a Christian – “I Want to be Happy”

Join C. Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley and Sam Storms as they start a new Theology Unplugged series: Reasons not to be a Christian. Should someone become a Christian because...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Christian Philosophy
Naturalism/Atheism
New Atheism
Paul Copan
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Morality and Naturalism’s Counterintuitive Claims: Response to Dawkins, Part V

(by Paul Copan) We’ve been engaging the thinking of Richard Dawkins, and more recently we’ve touched on the counterintuitive nature of (Dawkins’) naturalism.  I’ll be looking...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Christian Life
Depression
Doubt
Faith
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Sometimes Faith Does Take Faith

Many things are easy to believe. It’s easy for me to believe that I just finished counseling a couple who are getting married next week. Why? Because I just experienced...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Christian Life
Lisa Robinson
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On Corporate Prayer, Hope and Expectation

(Lisa Robinson) This is a melange of thoughts on prayer, with a specific focus on corporate prayer, expectation in prayer and unanswered prayer.  I’ve been reading...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Lisa Robinson
Theological Learning
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Some Valuable Lessons On Theological Learning From An Analysis of Origen

(Lisa Robinson) First off, this post is not really about Origen (c. 185-254).  But it is about some lessons that I learned from studying Origen’s homilies in relation to...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Christian Education
Christian Life
Christian Philosophy
Faith
Suffering and Pain
Theology
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Introducing The Discipleship Program

Topics Include: Session 1: Bible Session 2: Mankind Session 3: Trinity Session 4: Jesus Session 5: Faith Session 6: Living w/God Session 7: Living w/God’s Word Session...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Apologetics
Current Issues in Theology
Faith
Hell
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Loopholes for Hell: A Response to Jeff Cook’s Response to Francis Chan

Give me enough slack and I can get out of anything. I am a master of manipulation. Before you get too smug, let me say this: you are too. It’s called sin. Manipulation...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Depression
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Dealing With My Depression #1: Muffling Its Voice

Three years ago, I would not have dared start a series such as this. No, I take that back. I might have started such a series, but it would have been from the outside looking...
by C Michael Patton
Credo House Ministries
Current Issues in Theology
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Trevin Wax’s Response to N.T. Wright: Do People Really Believe that God is a Monster?

I normally don’t post links such as this on this blog (it is a content blog, not a news blog), but due to our obsessive-compulsive excitement about release of The...
by C Michael Patton
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