About Parchment and Pen
Welcome to the blog. I, Michael Patton, am the primary contributor to this blog. But you can also expect posts from my fellow bloggers Dan Wallace, Paul Copan, Lisa Robinson,...
God, Evidence, and the Will
Thomas Nagel, an atheist philosopher at New York University said something very revealing in his book The Last Word: In speaking of the fear of religion, I don’t mean to refer...
Seven More Points About The Shack
Here are seven more points about The Shack to amend to my review a couple of days ago. (I did not really want to do this, but I should have known this was coming!) Concerning...
Dobson About Culture: "We Have Lost Many Battles"
Part 1 Part 2 What do you all think about the interview?
Καλο Πασχα! Χριστος ανεστη!
Kalo Pascha! Christos anesti! Happy Easter! Christ is risen! Saturday night, April 18. It’s Easter tomorrow in Greece, and the festivities are in high gear. We’re staying in...
The Shack: Liking it Won't Send You to Hell
Here goes another one of those blogs that I probably should not write, but what the heck? I have had dozens of people ask me for my take on William Young’s The Shack, so...
God is Not Everywhere
Most people’s understanding of God’s omnipresence is a belief that God is everywhere. But I don’t think this does justice to the Christian theistic worldview...
An Important Need for Our Ministry
Dear blog readers. I try to keep these type of announcements to a minimum here are the blog, but the need is significant right now. We are coming very close to the completion...
The Softer Side of God
Last summer, I moved from Rhode Island to Dallas, Texas to start the ThM Program at Dallas Seminary. As you can imagine, moving a household 1,700 miles and literally...