2017-01-237Comments

Are All Sins Equal to God?

During my ordination, one of the questions that I was asked by a seminary professor was “Are all sins equal in the sight of God?” I hesitated. Not because I did not have a...

by C Michael Patton

Paul Copan

Theology

2016-04-200Comments

Jonathan Edwards, the Intellectual Magpie:

Jonathan Edwards, the Intellectual Magpie: Introducing Oliver Crisp’s Jonathan Edwards Among the Theologians (Eerdmans) Paul Copan Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) is one of my...

by Carrie Hunter

Difficult Issues in Scripture

Theology

2016-03-219Comments

Why I Don’t Believe in Hell Right Now

As of this moment, I do not believe in Hell. There is not a place called Hell where people are burning, screaming or suffering. I remember many years ago hearing about someone...

by C Michael Patton

Ecclesiology (Church)

Theology

2015-02-1630Comments

When is Someone Disqualified from Ministry?

When Is Someone Disqualified from Ministry? This is an unspoken question for many evangelicals. Most of us don’t know where the idea of “disqualification” comes from. We...

by C Michael Patton

Theology

2015-01-060Comments

3 Mistakes Our Definition of God Must Address to Avoid Atheism

It’s important for a Christian ministry to have a good definition of God (tongue in cheek). In fact, the definition I’m proposing will turn billions of religious people into...

by C Michael Patton

Theology

2014-08-189Comments

21 Things Christians Say That Hurt Their Credibility

Michael Patton (President of Credo House) has written a series of 21 articles called, “…and other stupid statements”. Obviously the title is meant to provoke curiosity. But...

by Ted Paul

Theology

2014-08-1564Comments

Taking the Lord’s Name in Vain – What Does it Really Mean?

The answer to this question might seem self-evident, especially to those of us who grew up in a western Judeo-Christian society. Exodus 20:7, Deuteronomy 5:11 – You...

2014-03-125Comments

Shawn McCraney on the Linear Thinking of His Theological Critics

Shawn McCraney is a former Mormon who became a “born-again” Christian and eventually left Mormonism, received some ministry training through Calvary Chapel, and launched his...

2013-09-0815Comments

Worldviews in a Nutshell

Theism A theistic worldview which believes that an eternal God freely created all of existence (time, space, matter, celestial realms and bodies) out of nothing (ex nihilo),...

by C Michael Patton

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