It may surprise you to know that I don’t have much of a problem with the Apocrypha. I enjoy reading them. As well, as a Protestant, accepting or rejecting them does not...

Confessing to Some Crap in My Life

I have a lot of fight stories from when I was a teenager. I went to rough schools that held scrapping as a prerequisite to coolness. Being thought of as tough was about the...

What if My Wife is Having an Affair?

I just talked to my wife on the phone about forty-five minutes ago. Everything seemed fine. She was a little distracted and wanted to get off the phone for some reason at the...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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Why the Gospel is Stupid

Lies are normally clean. In other words, they make sense, especially when they are well thought out. Kids are different. Kids lie in tremendous ways. We often laugh about lies...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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Apologists: PR Agents for God?

I was watching a movie tonight called Random Hearts. Older movie. Bad reviews. But as with all movies with bad reviews, I don’t go in expecting much. It was a more...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Resurrection of Christ

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Gary Habermas on the Resurrection

From the conference we were at in Tulsa. Had a great time hanging out with Gary and some of the others. Gary is not only a great resurrection scholar, but he has a tremendous...

The Five Great Mysteries of the Christian Faith

As I do the math, there are five great mysteries in theology: 1. Creation out of nothing (ex nihilo): How did God create being out of non-being? Being transcendent in relation...

Rethinking that One Chronicles Passage

One of my favorite passages of Scripture is one in . . . (Bible pages ruffling) . . . oh, it’s in here somewhere, in the Old Testament I think . . . (pages ruffling) . ....

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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Fight Club for Christians

When I was young, I loved to talk about fight stories. I was really scared of fighting, but I knew I needed a few under my belt in order to have some cred among my friends. I...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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The Problem with Apologetics

My wife and I just had an argument. She hung up the phone, mad. I tried to call her back to reason with her, but it had already gotten to that point. You know: where she gives...

by C Michael Patton

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