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...

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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? – Part 5 – Are You Emerging?

Are you an emerger? Is the emerging church heretical? What should my attitude be toward this “movement”? These are the questions that started this series of blog posts and I...

by C Michael Patton

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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? Part 3 – An Emerging Definition of “Emerging”

Often when I begin a series on the emerging church people approach me with two questions: 1) “Am I emerging?” 2) “Are you emerging?” In both counts this is really a loaded...

by C Michael Patton

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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? Part 1

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 very difficult to define...

by C Michael Patton

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The Bridge Called Doubt

I sometimes think that the world functions just like one would expect if God did not exist. “Doubt is a necessary evil on our journey toward belief.” We have all felt feelings...

by C Michael Patton

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On Educating New Christians

The following paper is an address given to the Evangelical Theological Society in 2003. Clinton Arnold is the author. I contacted Dr. Arnold a year ago and he was gracious...

For Those Considering Suicide . . . (2)

I have been reading Sam Storms Sign’s of the Spirit in preparation for this Thursday’s Converse with Scholars. Signs of the Spirit is an interpretation of Jonathan Edwards’...

A Bumper Crop . . . of Sorts

Having grown up in the north, I have a great appreciation for this time of year "the harvest season." While living in Connecticut, New York, Wisconsin, my family and...

by Paul Copan

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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...

by C Michael Patton

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Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? (Complete)

Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? – Part 5 – Are You Emerging?

Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? Part 3 – An Emerging Definition of “Emerging”

Would the Real Emerger Please Stand Up? Part 1

The Bridge Called Doubt

On Educating New Christians

For Those Considering Suicide . . . (2)

A Bumper Crop . . . of Sorts

Do Roger Olson and I Worship the Same God?

Calvinists often make the worst Calvinists