2019-01-301Comments

Is it Really Closed? Rethinking Our Terms

The term “canon” refers to the accepted books of the Bible. The Protestant canon contains 66 books; other Christian traditions vary, adding a few books often referred to...

by C Michael Patton

Canon

Theology Unplugged

2015-04-215Comments

The Canon of the Bible Is 66 Books Enough?

On this episode of Theology Unplugged we talk about the canon. In this context canon refers to the collection of books that make up the Bible. Did you know that Bibles used by...

by C Michael Patton

Bibliology

Canon

2013-05-2029Comments

Why I Believe the Canon is Theoretically Open (and Am Fine With It)

The term “canon” refers to the accepted books of the Bible. The Protestant canon contains 66 books; other Christian traditions vary, adding a few books often referred to as...

2012-12-1132Comments

Why Do I Reject the Apocrypha?

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...

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

2011-08-036Comments

Book Review of Bart D. Ehrman’s “Forged” – Part 3

Part 1 Part 2 A standard evangelical approach to dealing with the stylistic differences of, say, Ephesians, Colossians, and the Pastorals from the rest of Paul’s letters, is...

by C Michael Patton

Bibliology

Canon

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

2011-07-3114Comments

Book Review of Bart D. Ehrman’s “Forged” – Part 2

Part 2: Statistics on Writing Styles So, how does Ehrman attempt to prove forgery in the NT? He uses the traditional arguments that have been debated for centuries:...

by C Michael Patton

Canon

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

2011-07-2741Comments

Book Review of Bart D. Ehrman’s Forged: Writing in the Name of God—Why the Bible’s Authors Are Not Who We Think They Are

Part 1 of 3 The James A. Gray Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dr. Bart Ehrman, is the most recognized evangelical-turned-agnostic...

2011-03-1018Comments

Credo Clip: What Books Belong in the Bible?

Theology in three minutes. C Michael PattonC. Michael Patton is the primary contributor to the Parchment and Pen/Credo House Blog. He has been in ministry for nearly twenty...

by C Michael Patton

. . . and other stupid statements

Bibliology

Canon

Spiritual Gifts

2010-02-0238Comments

“If there are Modern Day Prophets, then the Canon is Still Open” . . . And Other Stupid Statements

I am not a charismatic. It is hard for me to describe myself as a traditional cessationist either. I refer to myself as a “de facto” cessationist. What does this...

2010-01-24190Comments

Why I Believe the Canon is Fallible . . . And am Fine with It!

I am looking on page 23 of my Bible and it has the list of books. The books all together number 66—39 in the Old Testament and 27 in the New Testament. This is often...

by C Michael Patton

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