Christian Leaders and the Gray Areas of Godly Life When Christian leaders talk about how to live a godly life, they eventually turn to the gray areas those things that are...

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Christianity in a Nutshell

In the beginning, God created man. When he was created, he was pure and holy. He was created for a purpose. God, the one true sovereign and benevolent being, created man in...

by C Michael Patton

Current Issues in Theology

Orthodoxy

Theology

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Calling someone a heretic—thoughtfully!

How does one determine if someone is a heretic? Is this a word that should be used today when Christianity seems to be so pluralistic with regards to levels of commitment,...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

Current Issues in Theology

Suffering and Pain

Theology Unplugged

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The Problem of Evil, Suffering, and Pain

Here is an mp3 of the sermon I preached this Sunday at Crossroads Grace Community Church (what a great church!). I will follow up with the lesson that I taught during the...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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Why Virginia Left Christianity After 23 Years: An Illustration of Cognitive Dissonance

I received this email today. It is a story about a Christian, named Virginia who left the faith after 23 years. Here it is along with my comments: “Christianity thrives...

by C Michael Patton

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Why Greg Walked Away from the Faith

I received this email late last night from a man we will call Greg. Greg is an ex-Christian who gives his reasons why he left Christianity. Since I deal with this on an...

by C Michael Patton

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If You Are Going to be in Manteca CA this Weekend . . .

If you happen to be in Manteca CA this coming weekend (Aug. 16-17), I will be speaking at Crossroads Grace Community Church both Saturday and Sunday. Saturday, from 9-12 I...

What Part of Gentleness and Respect don’t You We Understand?

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 take this one...

by C Michael Patton

Culture

Ecclesiology (Church)

Will the Real Emerger Please Stand Up?

Warning, long post ahead: 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...

by C Michael Patton

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Why is Batman Making So Much Money?

Last week when the box office reports came back and said that Batman: The Dark Knight not only had the largest grossing opening weekend of all time (just over $158 million)...

by C Michael Patton

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