In the last blog in this series, I talked about how to engage in theological conversation or controversy, especially on the internet. In this blog post I want to...

by C Michael Patton

Current Issues in Theology

Eschatology

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Is the Hyper-Preterist Gospel a Different Gospel?

In a recent episode of Theology Unplugged (solo version), I made a comment that I was challenged to reconsider through an email correspondence. My statement had to do...

by C Michael Patton

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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? (Complete)

Download as PDF How does one define the emerging church? This is not an easy question to answer. Are you emerging? Maybe you are and you just don’t know it. It is...

Random Thoughts of Emergence

Having finished my series about the Emerging Church, I feel that it is important that I say a few things so that people have a better understanding about my thoughts in...

Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up – Part 4 – Comparing Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, and Emergers

OK, I lied. Here is another parenthetical post in my emerging series. The five ways in which one can emerge will be coming soon. However, in my defense, I did not know I was...

by C Michael Patton

Emerging Church

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Would the Real Emerging Please Stand Up? Part 2 – What is Orthodoxy?

Before my next post on what it means to be emerging, I thought it necessary to reiterate some issues about orthodoxy. I mentioned some in the Emergent strand of emergers that...

by C Michael Patton

Calvinism

Current Issues in Theology

Theology

Theology Proper

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Do Roger Olson and I Worship the Same God?

You may be surprised to know that my series of blogs this week was inspired by Roger Olson, a man I respect very deeply. Although I don’t agree withÂ him on many...

Calvinists often make the worst Calvinists

Labels are a postmodern taboo. This is understandable. Once you are labeled something, you live under the presumptions of the system that has been typified by others. This...

Tension in Calvinism – tension in the Christian faith

Since the blog “The Day I Became a Calvinist” is way too long, I thought that I would take a very good question concerning the tension that Calvinism allows...

by C Michael Patton

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Friday Night Odds and Ends

Christianity TodayÂ links toÂ Reclaiming the Mind (ETS Papers). The Theology Program started this week: We have a great group. If you would still like to enroll, you can. Go...

by C Michael Patton

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