2023-02-0719Comments

Confessions from a Want-to-Be Charismatic

“Please don’t come to me. Please don’t come to me. Please don’t come to me.” These were my thoughts as “Prophet James” was making his...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Evangelism

In a Nutshell

Prolegomena

2022-10-077Comments

Essentials and Non-Essentials in a Nutshell

We Evangelicals talk a lot about essentials and non-essentials. Rightly so. We talk about distinguishing between those areas in our faith – those doctrines...

2021-03-176Comments

Expressing a Frustration About Christians Who Don’t Discriminate

There is no such thing as Christianity with without doctrine which discriminates true beliefs from false beliefs just as there is no such thing as a country without borders...

by C Michael Patton

. . . and other stupid statements

Postmodernism

Prolegomena

2020-07-1652Comments

“Nothing Could Be Further from the Truth” . . . and Other Stupid Statements

What I taught last night: As I have been reading and reviewing books and blogs over the years, my approach has changed. This was not an overnight change, but something...

by C Michael Patton

Epistemology

Prolegomena

2019-03-1710Comments

The Five Great Mysteries in the Christian Faith that We Can’t Solve

As I do the math, there are five great mysteries in theology: 1. Creation out of nothing (ex nihilo): How did God create being out of non-being? Being transcendent in...

by C Michael Patton

Prolegomena

2016-10-183Comments

How to Find Scholarship You Can Trust

When I first became committed to the things of the Lord, I was a sponge. I took whatever anyone was giving so long as they said they loved Jesus. I bought whatever was sold as...

2014-10-0129Comments

The Emptiness of Reason

I am an emotional guy. I can’t believe I can say that so easily. Four years ago I could not have admitted to this. In fact, four years ago, I may not (ahem . . .) have...

2013-08-1382Comments

Why I Lack Certainty About Christianity

Belief does not come easy for me. I have a little “unbeliever” who has set up camp in the back of my mind, and he has no idea when, or how, to shut up. He is...

by C Michael Patton

Christian Life

Prolegomena

2013-05-2932Comments

Don’t Take Yourself So Seriously

I remember, many years ago, talking with a friend of mine about another friend. There was something about this guy that we did not like, but we could not put a finger on it....

by C Michael Patton

Calvinism

Current Issues in Theology

Leadership

Prolegomena

Theology

2013-05-23204Comments

Fourteen Characteristics of Theological Legalism

Without question, one of the most disturbing trends in the world of theology is that, far too often, grace is eclipsed by theological legalism. Twice today I encountered this...

by C Michael Patton

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