Shortly after I posted my recent blog entitled “The Coming Evangelical Collapse?” Time Magazine featured as its cover story an article entitled “10 Ideas Changing the World...

Evangelicalism

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The Coming Evangelical Collapse?

This reflection is a response to “The Coming Evangelical Collapse“ by Michael Spencer published in The Christian Science Monitor (March 10 2009) I have for years...

by M. James Sawyer

Current Issues in Theology

Evangelicalism

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My Evangelical Bailout Package

“We are on the verge—within 10 years—of a major collapse of evangelical Christianity. This breakdown will follow the deterioration of the mainline Protestant...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

Evangelicalism

Prolegomena

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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

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

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...

Converting from Evangelicalism

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

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

Dan Wallace - Contra Mundane

Evangelicalism

Politics

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Politics and Evangelicals: An Email From My Mom

N.B. RMMers, this email is something that my little old gray-haired mother sent to a long-time friend recently. Many of you can relate to the bombardment of factoids on your...

by C Michael Patton

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