2013-08-02131Comments

Have I Committed the Unforgivable Sin?

Have I committed the unforgivable sin? Some of you will be surprised, but this is a terrifying feeling of panic, doubt, and spiritual fatigue expressed by some Christians. I...

by C Michael Patton

Pneumatology

Trinity

2013-07-1696Comments

Why Jesus is Greater than the Holy Spirit

I believe in the doctrine of the Trinity. This is how I would formulate this doctrine: I believe in one God (ousia), who exists eternally in three persons (hypostasis) —...

2012-08-0941Comments

Surprised by the Deficiency of the Spirit

(Lisa Robinson) In my first semester of seminary, I had to read Surprised by the Voice of God by Jack Deere to complete a theological method paper for my Intro to Theology...

by C Michael Patton

Charismatic

Current Issues in Theology

Pneumatology

2012-02-1558Comments

My Back Has Been Healed – Am I Charismatic Now?

Wonderful news. My back has been healed. Wait. Shelf that. I need to back up. The moment I proclaim victory over something is the moment it usually comes back with a ferocious...

by C Michael Patton

Current Issues in Theology

Pneumatology

Sam Storms

Why I Am/Not Charismatic

2011-12-1610Comments

Why I Am/Not Charistmatic: History of the Gifts Response – Sam Storms

Michael, Thanks for your careful approach to this question. I appreciate your desire to properly honor our common heroes of the faith throughout these past 2,000 years of...

by C Michael Patton

Current Issues in Theology

Pneumatology

Why I Am/Not Charismatic

2011-08-3032Comments

Why I Am/Not Charismatic: The Gift of Prophecy Response – C Michael Patton

The following is part of a discussion (not debate) between two friends, Sam Storms and C. Michael Patton, about the charismatic gifts of the Spirit. Sam is a Charismatic....

2011-03-1617Comments

Have We Made the Holy Spirit the Odd Man Out?

(by Lisa Robinson) I recall my Trinitarianism class in Spring 2009, and when we got to the discussion regarding the Holy Spirit, my professor made some comical remark about...

2011-01-2869Comments

If God Has Stopped Speaking Then Why Do I Still Hear Him?

(by Lisa Robinson) It has been five years since my ‘conversion’ from being a somewhat radical charismatic to embrace a soft-cessationist position…I think. ...

2010-11-2638Comments

Full Gospel Christianity?: A Theology of More II

(by Lisa Robinson) A while ago, I addressed in A Theology of More a mentality that has a continual quest for greater external manifestations that demonstrates that God is...

2010-09-0555Comments

The Voice of Reason: Decision Making and Spirit-Led Direction

Recently, I have been confronted with some rather significant decisions. As one who is committed to Christ as Lord and Savior, naturally these are things I have brought to...

by C Michael Patton