A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure I have done some irrational things in my life. There are way too many things to count. However,...

Is God a Moral Monster?

A BRIEF LOOK AT A BOOK EXPLORING THE OLD TESTAMENT’S CANAANITE “GENOCIDE,” “SLAVERY,” POLYGAMY, CONCUBINAGE, PATRIARCHY, KOSHER AND PURITY LAWS, AND HARSH PUNISHMENTS Is God a...

The Anatomy of Belief (4): Complexities of Conviction

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure I often tell people that when they are speaking there are a few ways to become more...

The Anatomy of Belief (3): Belief Without Conviction

A Guide to Examining the Way We Believe So That What We Believe Will be Secure I remember being out one night with a friend in Arizona. I was 20-years-old. My friend and I...

Is Expositional Preaching Really Enough?

I love to preach. Arguably, I love to preach more than I love to teach. Yes, there is a difference. But I am getting ahead of myself . . . I graduated from Dallas Theological...

Introducing 3 Brand-New Resources: Pre-Order Your Copies Today

1. Bible Boot Camp: How to Study the Bible We’re ecstatic to be offering the next installment (volume 2) in our brand new Bible Boot Camp series: How to Study the Bible...

Is the New Atheism Really Affecting People’s Belief in God?

As of 2005, according to a Cambridge study, 88 percent of the world’s population believes in God. This is down from around 90 percent in 2000. Ninety-five percent of...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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My Problem with Christian Apologetics

My Criticism: Apologists can often produce more difficulties than they solve due to harsh and imbalanced polemics. Let me put it another way: It is often the case that...

Why is there Something Rather than Nothing?

“You don’t truly understand something until you can exlain it is a simple way where everyone can understand it.” Let me attempt to do so here: If something...

Paul, the New Socrates in Athens: Paul as Philosopher (Part III)

The noted philosopher of religion Marilyn McCord Adams makes the mystifying assertion that “the Paul of Acts does not pursue his mission to the Athenians, for the simple...

by C Michael Patton

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