Even with two of the six weeks of this debate devoted to discussing the person of Jesus Christ, we have an embarrassing wealth of riches from Scripture on the subject and...

by C Michael Patton

Christology

Rob Bowman

The Great Trinity Debate

Trinity

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The Great Trinity Debate, Part 2: Dave Burke on Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ: Son of God; Son of Man Jesus of Nazareth is the most important man who has ever lived. Christians are indebted to him for the hope that he offers, the sacrifice...

The Great Trinity Debate Challenge

If you consider yourself a non-Trinitarian believer in Jesus, do I have a challenge for you! With the permission and support of Michael Patton, I am proposing a formal...

Greg Stafford on praying to Jesus

In Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2007), Ed Komoszewski and I argued that one evidence that Jesus is God is that he is...

Greg Stafford defends Jehovah's Witnesses from the margins

I just received the third edition of Greg Stafford’s book Jehovah’s Witnesses Defended: An Answer to Scholars and Critics (Murietta, CA: Elihu Books, 2009). For those who are...

by C Michael Patton

Christology

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What Did Christ Mean When He Said . . .

Tonight I taught a class on the Definition of Chalcedon. This represents the Christian understanding that Christ is 100 percent God and 100 percent man (“very God of...

by C Michael Patton

Christology

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Did Christ Have Gray Hair?

My wife has this terrible habit of picking my gray hairs while I am driving. I can see her out of the corner of my eye and I know what she is doing. She is obsessed. The...

by C Michael Patton

Christology

Ecclesiology (Church)

Roman Catholicism

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Do Catholics Deny Chalcedon in their View of Mass?

I know that the title is provocative, but please understand that I am serious in this question. At this point, I believe that it is very difficult for Roman Catholics who hold...

by C Michael Patton

Christology

Culture

Ecclesiology (Church)

Evangelicalism

Theological News

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The Entertainment Driven Church

I recently decided to follow my own oft given advice and venture out to other churches just to see what the cultural landscape looks like and to stretch myself a bit. First, I...

Not Letting Jesus Be Jesus: Some Responses to Religious Pluralism

In my last blog, I began a discussion on religious pluralism by first making observations about religious diversity. We mentioned Oprah Winfrey’s claim that there are...

by C Michael Patton

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