2023-05-0843Comments

Quit Using the Word “Heaven”!

One of my pet peeves is the word “heaven.” I know it shouldn’t be. It is used in one form or another 457 times in the Bible (depending on your version). It...

by C Michael Patton

Christian Life

Rants

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2019-03-113Comments

The Traumatic Nature of Deconversion

Memory is unreliable when recounting old wounds, but I do know that the beginning of the end started with an email to an old professor in which I expressed: “I...

by Rulonda JaBrey

. . . and Other Bad Interpretations

. . . and other stupid statements

Christian Life

Rants

2018-08-142Comments

No, God Isn’t Going to Heal You on Demand Every Time You Ask

I know that may come as a shock to most Word by Faith communities and Pentecostals, but just stay with me a while. I recently read a post in a Christian apologetics group on...

by Rulonda JaBrey

Christian Life

Rants

2012-01-1029Comments

Why I Don’t Think Much Of the Spiritual Formation Movement

I was recently asked to participate in a group that is creating a curriculum in the area of “spiritual formation.” I have never really written or spoken much on this, but my...

2010-11-2321Comments

Is Expositional Preaching Really Enough?

I love to preach. Arguably, I love to preach more than I love to teach. Yes, there is a difference. But I am getting ahead of myself . . . I graduated from Dallas Theological...

by C Michael Patton

Rants

2010-10-13129Comments

Why I Don’t Like Christian Music

Well, the title gives away my lack of passion for Christian music, so I am not going to do an inductive blog. There, I got it out. I don’t like Christian music. In fact,...

by C Michael Patton

Rants

2010-07-1321Comments

Short Blog: Thoughts on Testimonies

I don’t know about you, but I don’t like most testimonies. You know, the kind that have a BC and an AD. No, it is not the testimonies themselves, but the burden of...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

Evangelicalism

Rants

2010-06-2674Comments

In Defense of Hymns (Performed in a Classic Way)

I went to a church the other day and it was not much different than a rock concert. Might I say, it was a very well done rock concert. Electric guitars, drums in their own...

2010-03-1750Comments

Christians Can be So Bizarre or “He Hates the Buildings!”

I sit here with a bit of a conflicted soul. On the one hand, I got the new issue of Christianity Today and found that it is devoted to the importance of doctrine in spiritual...

by C Michael Patton

Christian Life

Rants

2009-10-28138Comments

Jesus with His Lights Turned off on Halloween

Will is dressing up as a ghost for Halloween. I was shocked. He has his Indiana Jones costume that he wears everywhere. I thought at least he would choose the Storm Trooper...

by C Michael Patton

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