Why He Rises or Falls—The Keys a Woman Holds
From medieval knights to modern men, this post explores how a woman’s love still unlocks greatness, purpose, and honor.
C Michael Patton
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The Sad Story of Roy Clements and the Progressive Reinterpretation of Sodom and Gomorrah
In the early 2000s, I encountered the unsettling story of Roy Clements, a respected evangelical leader who dramatically shifted his stance on homosexuality. His progressive...
C Michael Patton
We Have Met the Enemy: Not to Say We Told You So, But . . .
Here are the grammatical corrections: Much of the maligned predictions of those who see a theological difference between men and women are coming home to roost. When we fail...
C Michael Patton
Transgender Bathrooms: The Great Civil Rights Issue of our Time?
You keep up with the news, right? Have you heard about this gender bathroom thing? I’m kidding, of course. I know that you have, and maybe you’re tired of having to read and...
Clint Roberts
How Jesus Would Act in a Gay Bar?
This is one of the most commonly asked questions that I get lately: How do I evangelize homosexuals? It is such a sensitive issue as there are so many passions involved and a...
C Michael Patton
Can Homosexuals Be Saved?
I have been asked this quite a few times over the years and the issue was brought up again recently. Can homosexuals be Christians? Or, better, is there such a thing as a...
C Michael Patton
If procreation is part of marriage, are infertile couples unmarried? And if human beings walk on two legs, are amputees not human beings?
Simple logical errors sometimes pass by undetected, and in a few cases a persistent fallacy becomes so frequent in the wider public conversation that we don’t even think to...
Clint Roberts
Kingdom Warriors, Too
(Lisa Robinson) This past weekend a conference was going on here in Dallas for men entitled Kingdom Man. For obvious reasons, I have no interest in learning about being a...
C Michael Patton
Three Questions for Egalitarianism
Egalitarianism The belief that God has created men and women equal in all things. Men and women are ontologically and functionally equal. The way the sexes function in the...
C Michael Patton
Fourth Most Popular Post of 2010: What Complementarianism is All About
You guessed it. It was about complementarian. Enjoy (again). The most common understanding of both Complementarianism and Egalitarianism goes something like this:...
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