Have you heard something like this: “When Christ was in the Garden of Gethsemane asking for relief, it was the human side of him speaking.” Or how about this,...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Heretics

I cannot tell you how many times I have been called a heretic. It simply comes with the territory of teaching theology. I have been called a heretic by...

Essentials and Non-Essentials: How to Choose Your Battles Carefully

We talk a lot about this: essentials and non-essentials. In fact, at the Credo House of Theology (our headquarters), right when you walk in the front door you will see written...

by C Michael Patton

Orthodoxy

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Crossing the Heretical Line

One of my former teachers used to say that we are all allowed one pet heresy. I am not sure that this is generous enough, but his point is good. I believe that we each have...

by C Michael Patton

Current Issues in Theology

Orthodoxy

Theology

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Calling someone a heretic—thoughtfully!

How does one determine if someone is a heretic? Is this a word that should be used today when Christianity seems to be so pluralistic with regards to levels of commitment,...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Current Issues in Theology

An Emerging Understanding of Orthodox

Get PDF version I am thoroughly orthodox. No, not Eastern with a capital “O”, but orthodox meaning that I believe all the right things. Well . . . at least I think...

An Emerging Understanding of “Orthodox” – Part 4: Are Catholics Orthodox?

Is the Roman Catholic Church unorthodox? From the perspective of a Protestant understanding of “orthodoxy,” relations to other traditions can vary....

An Emerging Understanding of “Orthodox” – Part 3: The Maturing of Orthodoxy

My view of what I call “progressive orthodoxy” allows for maturation and development in our understanding of orthodoxy. Here is the definition I gave in the last...

An Emerging Understanding of “Orthodox” – Part 2: Six Views of Orthodoxy

Christians have different presuppositions that they bring to their theology. This does not make it right or wrong, but we must understand that the unexamined presupposition is...

Orthodoxy: Should We Define Who is “In” and Who is “Out”

Conversation involve questions. The asking of questions is either meant to illicit and answer or to provoke thought that provides an answer, even if the answer is a tentative...

by C Michael Patton

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