I was recently reading through 1 Corinthians and had to park on this passage. I think the tendency when reading this passage is to impose an individualized meaning on it. If...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

Leadership

Ministry

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A Call for a Diversified Pastorate

People ask me all the time if I ever think about starting a church. My answer? No, not much. Only about twice per day. I have thought through quite a bit what an...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

Ministry

84Comments

Open Discussion: No Music Allowed

This is taken from a church’s statement of faith concerning music: “When Christians come together to worship God they are commanded to sing (Eph.5:19;Col. 3:16).We...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

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Little Churches within the Church

Read this definition from the Theological Word of the Day and tell me if you think that there are any modern day ecclesiola movements. Ecclesiola (Gk, little church”) This...

Ecclesiology (Church)

Why Do I (A Calvinist) Go to An Arminian Church?

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...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

69Comments

Why Even Bother Going to Church?

Why go to church? Church stinks. People are either rude, looking down their self-righteous nose at you, or they are nice and in a hurry. I hardly ever have a significant...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

Evangelicalism

Prolegomena

22Comments

The Intellectual Crisis of Today’s Church

The central motivating factor in my ministry over the last ten years has been the need for Christians to engage the intellectual side of the faith with more confidence, hope,...

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

Current Issues in Theology

Ecclesiology (Church)

Evangelicalism

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In Defense of Seeker Churches

A guest post by Daniel Eaton at Theologica. Being from Dallas Seminary, we were breed to loath seeker churches. 🙂 Yet I do have my thoughts as well that I will follow this up...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

Emerging Church

Evangelicalism

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Should We Be able to Interupt a Sermon?

In a previous post I described the five ways Christians can evidence emerging characteristics. One of them was to “emerge ecclesiologically.” This is the way I...

by C Michael Patton

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