As many of you know, my family and I moved to Norman, Oklahoma, a year and a half ago primarily due to my mother’s illness. Previously, we lived in Frisco, Texas, where...

Dobson About Culture: "We Have Lost Many Battles"

Part 1 Part 2 What do you all think about the interview?

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...

by C Michael Patton

Culture

Ecclesiology (Church)

Will the Real Emerger Please Stand Up?

Warning, long post ahead: Download as PDF How does one define the emerging church? This is not an easy question to answer. Are you emerging? Maybe you are and you just...

by C Michael Patton

Culture

Current Issues in Theology

“Convert Tinted Glasses” or “Are Emergers Simply ‘Embittered Evangelicals’?”

“Converstionism.” This is one of the few marks of Evangelicalism spoken of by Evangelical historian Mark Noll. Evangelicals believe that people must experience a...

by C Michael Patton

Christian Philosophy

Culture

Current Issues in Theology

Paul Copan

Postmodernism

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Oprah’s Millions of Paths to God: Dealing with Religious Diversity

I just returned from a weekend in beautiful San Juan Capistrano, California. I spoke at The Case for the Real Jesus conference, which was centered on Lee Strobel’s recent book...

The Reason Why the “Problem of Evil” is Such a Problem Today

Recently, I was watching the “local” news and was overwhelmed by the burdens of bad news that I had to take on within just a few moments. There was a shooting...

by C Michael Patton

Culture

Current Issues in Theology

Theology

Theology Proper

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Do Joel Osteen and I Worship the Same God?

What a presumptuous question, right? The presumption is in the fact that I would even pose such a question. The question itself presumes that I might answer in the negative....

by C Michael Patton

Culture

Current Issues in Theology

Postmodernism

2Comments

First Things Blogcast #7: Stop Calling Me Postmodern!

First Things is brought to you live, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10am ESTÂ on Connection Gate Join us for a discussion about properly defining Postmodernism and some fallacies...

by C Michael Patton

Culture

Current Issues in Theology

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Evangelicalism

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Dan Kimballâ€™s They Like Jesus, but not the Church

Our culture is changing rapidly, and many Christians arenâ€™t keeping up. The old formulas that have worked for decades wonâ€™t work with the emerging generation. If thereâ€™s...

by Dan Wallace

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