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10 Books Every Christian Should Have (Michael’s List)

The following is my objective, absolute, written in heaven, add it to the Bible list of the top ten books every Christian should have. The post is in response to our latest...

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10 Books Every Christian Should Have (Tim’s List)

While Michael’s list is silly and heavily subjective, here is my more level-headed list. The post is in response to our latest Theology Unplugged Podcast on the same...

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Theology Unplugged: 10 Books Every Christian Should Have

Join C. Michael Patton and Tim Kimberley as they discuss their essential reading lists for Christians. [display_podcast] Other ways to get TUP: Theology Unplugged Page RSS iTunes

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Orthodoxy
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Six Views of What it Means to Be “Orthodox”

Have you ever been called a heretic? Have you ever had someone say that your faith is “unorthodox”? Have you ever wondered what it meant to be...

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Eschatology
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Questions I Hope No One Will Ask: What Will We Be Doing in Heaven?

The following is the latest post in my “Questions I Hope No One Will Ask” series. Check out all the posts in this series here. Thus far in human history, outside...

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Theology Unplugged: An Invitation to Calvinism, Part 3

Join Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley and Sam Storms as they discuss Calvinism. [display_podcast] Other ways to get TUP: Theology Unplugged Page RSS iTunes

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If God Has Stopped Speaking Then Why Do I Still Hear Him?

(by Lisa Robinson) It has been five years since my ‘conversion’ from being a somewhat radical charismatic to embrace a soft-cessationist position…I think. ...

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Christian Life
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Urine

Last night I went to pick  Zach, my three-year-old, up from his class at church. When I dropped him off, the sign-in sheet asked, “Any special instructions?” I...

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Hermeneutics
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Common Errors in Bible Interpretation

I came across the following chart on page 136 in the new book A Handbook of New Testament Exegesis by Craig L. Blomberg.  Heeding caution from this chart will ruin many...

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Ontological Argument: The Definitive Explanation
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Ontological Argument: The Definitive Explanation

In this episode, I walk through the ontological argument the way Anselm actually framed it—not the simplified version, but the real thing.

God is defined as “that than which nothing greater can be conceived.” Once you understand that definition, the argument starts to press in on you in a way that’s hard to escape.

If God exists only in the mind, then a greater being could be conceived—one that exists in reality. But that cannot be, because by definition nothing greater can be conceived. Therefore, God must exist not only in the understanding, but in reality.

This all rests on a simple but powerful idea: existence is greater than non-existence.

I argue in this episode that this isn’t just a clever philosophical trick—it’s airtight. Not because it forces you, but because once you truly grasp what is being said, you realize that denying it comes at a cost.

This may be one of the most compelling explanations for God’s existence you’ve ever heard—because it doesn’t appeal to evidence outside of you, but to something unavoidable within reason itself.

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  • Ontological Argument: The Definitive Explanation 2026-04-02
    Ontological Argument: The Definitive Explanation In this episode, I walk through the ontological argument the way Anselm actually framed it—not the simplified version, but the real thing. God is defined as “that than which nothing greater can be conceived.” Once you understand that definition, the argument starts to press in on you in a way […]
  • Basement Theology: Dispensationalism (With Gavin) 2026-03-17
    Basement Theology: Dispensationalism (With Gavin) This is something new—and honestly, something I should have started a long time ago. My nephew Gavin and I sat down in the basement, turned the cameras on, and had an unscripted conversation about dispensationalism. No prep, no polish—just real theology in real time. I’ll be the first to admit, […]

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