I am normally one of those people who attempts to see the good in all things. I continually tell people that they need to calm down. “Get a grip.” I tell...

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

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Bucer and Newton and Theological Tact

I have been talking a lot about being passionate, yet cool, calm, and understanding when contending for the truth. I have also said that you can quickly disqualify your voice...

A Theology of Not Taking Ourselves Too Seriously or "Strategic Comic Relief in Theology"

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 our finger on it....

Orthodoxy, Theological Maturity, and the Development of Doctrine: From Theological DNA to Maturity

For my Introduction to Theology students, both online and at the Credo House: I am thoroughly orthodox. No, not Eastern with a capital “O”, but orthodox, meaning that I...

The Sufficiency of Probability in the Christian Belief

For my intro students… I often play this game with my kids that drives them crazy. Sitting in the room, with no one but us, while they are not looking I will slap them...

Theology = Beyond the Bible?

I just noticed a new book coming out in November by Zondervan. It is going to be the latest edition to their wonderful “Counterpoints” series (which you should all...

What is God (2) – Why I Look to Philosophy and Say You Should Too

We are looking at what is God? Not who is God? or what has God done? We are looking at what his essential nature must be in order to qualify for the title. One thing I am...

“True for You, But Not for Me” 2.0: The Newly-Released Revised, Expanded Edition

My very first book “True for You, But Not for Me”—the one with the purple cover—came out in 1998. The reason I wrote the book was that no one was really offering an...

How to Listen in Sunday School

When I first started teaching the Bible about fifteen years ago, I was given a Sunday School class at my church. It was a “college and career” class. I was...

by C Michael Patton

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