2009-03-0272Comments

"Belief is No Good Without Practice" . . . and Other Stupid Statements

It was in my expository preaching course that I learned it. It was driven into my teaching psyche and intended to become a part of my basic presupposed knowledge of ministry....

by C Michael Patton

Culture

Ecclesiology (Church)

2008-08-0628Comments

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

Theology

2008-06-222Comments

Greg Eby on Funamentalism, Postmodernism, and The Theology Program

This is a letter from Greg Eby, a student in The Theology Program, to his pastor about The Theology Program. ____________________ Remember the rigid Fundamentalism of the...

by C Michael Patton

Emerging Church

2008-02-250Comments

Reactions to the Emerging Post

It has been fun, interesting, discouraging,encouraging and enlightening to see the various reactions to the posts on the Emerging Church. As you would expect, there have been...

by C Michael Patton

Uncategorized

2008-02-259Comments

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...

2008-02-220Comments

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...

by C Michael Patton

Christian Education

Current Issues in Theology

Evangelicalism

Theology

2008-01-230Comments

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...

2007-10-070Comments

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...

2007-10-070Comments

Postmodernism: How to disarm a suspicious culture

It is no secret that our culture today is undergoing a massive paradigm shift with regards to the way people come to know truth. The atmosphere of the intellectual landscape...

2007-09-0311Comments

Recovering the Mind, Renovating the Soul, Restoring the Spiritâ€™s Power

Iâ€™ve been reading J.P. Morelandâ€™s superb book Kingdom Triangle, which was recently released by Zondervan. He begins with this true story by the missionary doctor to Zaire,...

by Paul Copan

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