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...

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How to Blow Any Theological Conversation?

A Tale of Two Book Reviews First, read this excerpt from a book review about a person who claimed to have a near-death experience. “I have never heard such a stupid claim. The...

by C Michael Patton

Apologetics

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...

by Robert Bowman

Theology

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On Being a Theologian of the Cross, Part 2

My sincere thanks to Michael for inviting me to guest post this series. I manage the Evangelical Portal at Patheos (you can see the Vision for the Portal here, and you can...

by Timothy Dalrymple

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Sin

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“All Sins are Equal in God’s Sight” . . . And Other Stupid Statements

In "All Sins are Equal in God's Sight... And Other Stupid Statements," the author challenges the common belief within evangelical circles that all sins are viewed equally by...

by C Michael Patton

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Christian Life

Current Issues in Theology

"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

Christology

Culture

Ecclesiology (Church)

Evangelicalism

Theological News

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The Entertainment Driven Church

I recently decided to follow my own oft given advice and venture out to other churches just to see what the cultural landscape looks like and to stretch myself a bit. First, 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

Theology

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Sin is Fun

This is an interesting question: Is sin fun? The answer, I guess, is going to depend on how you define the word “fun.” We are going to enter into some subjectivity here aren’t...

by C Michael Patton

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