Tolerance Has No Clothes
In 1837 Hans Christian Andersen published a Danish fairy tale called The Emperor’s New Clothes (originally known as Keiserens Nye Klaeder). Here’s how the story...
Seven Reasons Why Christians Doubt
I want to briefly give you some of the more “mundane” causes of why we, as Christians, might experience doubt, whether it be doubt in the existence of God, doubt in his love...
J.I. Packer on Brokenness
Here is a quote someone sent me after my “Scared” post. “He [Paul] demonstrates a sustained recognition that feeling weak in oneself is par for the course in...
A Harsh Response to my “Scared” Post
I received this email yesterday. It was in response to my “Scared” post. The basic thesis seems to be that I am characteristically crying out for attention in an...
Unashamed to be a Non-Profit Like Twitter
Are you a chronic tweeter? Do you find yourself thinking in increments of 140 characters or less? Did you know Twitter is a non-profit? Well, they’re not, but please...
Scared
So much of what I write on this blog is hard for me to admit. Certainly, I don’t want people to always see the real me. I would rather show just enough to demonstrate...
Message from C. Michael Patton
Friends of the blog and ministry, The Credo House, as you may know, exists only because of your kind donations. With the Credo House, Credo Courses, The Theology Program, and...
The Creation Debate in a Nutshell
Here is a summary of what we taught at the Credo House for “Coffee and Theology” this past Tuesday night. I hope you enjoy. 1. Young Earth Creationism (YEC) The...
Can Homosexuals Be Saved?
I have been asked this quite a few times over the years and the issue was brought up again recently. Can homosexuals be Christians? Or, better, is there such a thing as a...