Paige Patterson
The Nobility of the Pastor’s Call
Facilitating many of the problems facing today’s evangelical churches is a perceptible decline in the value assessed to preaching and to...
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ENGAGING EVEN THE MOST DIFFICULT SUBJECTS IN THEOLOGY & CULTURE
IN HIS MORE THAN FOUR DECADES OF LEADERSHIP IN CHRISTIAN HIGHER EDUCATION,
Dr. Patterson has often offered students the opportunity to ask deep and difficult questions, placing himself in the proverbial “lion’s den.” Here, Dr. Patterson and various other well-known leaders will continue to help Christians wrestle with biblical texts, cultural dilemmas, and current issues. To submit a question into the Lion’s Den, simply send a message through the “Contact” tab above.
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Paige Patterson
- Apr 8, 2021
- 3 min
A Pastor – What Is He?
Pastors are very much like electric light bulbs. Just about everybody has them; few really comprehend how they work; once in awhile you...
Paige Patterson
- Apr 5, 2021
- 1 min
Winter 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation Newsletter
Click here to read the Winter 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation newsletter. Among the headlines in this issue: LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY REVIVES...
Paige Patterson
- Apr 1, 2021
- 3 min
Can Heaven Get Richer?
That which is perfect, by the nature of the case, cannot become more perfect. Consequently, there is nothing that we can add to heaven to...
Paige Patterson
- Mar 25, 2021
- 3 min
Is Chuck Kelley a Prophet?
Months have passed since retired New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary president Chuck Kelley began asking publicly the audacious and...
Paige Patterson
- Mar 18, 2021
- 3 min
Luther Redivivus
To know German Lutheran pastor Olaf Latzel is the closest that one in this post-modern era can come to knowing Martin Luther (1483-1546),...
Paige Patterson
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
Bad News – Good News
Breaking News – I have no bad news to share today. The good news, however, is remarkable. This week I responded to the invitation of Dr....
Paige Patterson
- Mar 4, 2021
- 3 min
You Are the Lord’s Daisho
The bride and the groom stood stolidly before the preacher as the parson spoke to the two of them and to the congregation about the...
Paige Patterson
- Feb 25, 2021
- 3 min
Do You Remember Your Baptism?
The winter of 1961 was unusually frigid in northwest Texas. But this was a happy Sunday at Sardis Baptist Church, located not far from...
Paige Patterson
- Feb 17, 2021
- 3 min
Fitahiana to the Bush
Dr. T.A. Patterson, my noble father, understood his responsibility to teach his son Paige to share Christ. I went with Dad first at age...
Paige Patterson
- Feb 12, 2021
- 3 min
Paul Would Never Vote for Nero
December 15, A.D. 37 marks the entry into this world of Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. Later in life, Nero, as he became known, was not the...
Paige Patterson
- Feb 4, 2021
- 3 min
I Do Not Want to Go to Heaven
There is a kind of man that the “church crowd” tends hardly to notice and certainly not to visit often. He is a hunter, a fisherman – an...
Paige Patterson
- Jan 29, 2021
- 3 min
Why Don’t Men Sing? (Part 5)
The final point of this series brings these principles to consider. 21.The frequently debated issue between contemporary praise songs and...
Paige Patterson
- Jan 21, 2021
- 3 min
Why Don’t Men Sing? (Part 4)
So, your men will not sing. Is there a possibility that the entire music experience has been prepared in a way that discourages men from...
Paige Patterson
- Jan 14, 2021
- 3 min
Why Don’t Men Sing? (Part 3)
About four weeks ago, I posted a blog entitled How Many Members Played a Part in David’s Orchestra? This blog emphasized the large number...
Paige Patterson
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
Why Don’t Men Sing? (Part 2)
The leader of congregational music occupies a critically important role in the worship of God’s people. Most men look for leadership whom...
Paige Patterson
- Dec 31, 2020
- 3 min
Why Don’t Men Sing?
There are wonderful exceptions. But anyone who attends worship regularly at an evangelical church knows this premise is true. For the...
Paige Patterson
- Dec 25, 2020
- 3 min
Interruption – The Music of Christmas
One of my unforgettable moments happened a few years ago at Christmas. Do you remember? On Saturday, October 30, 2010, thousands of...
Paige Patterson
- Dec 18, 2020
- 3 min
Abimelech and the Woman Who Dropped a Rock
Judges 9 adumbrates the 3000-year-old story of Abimelech who is as contemporary as the morning news. When Gideon prevails over the...
Paige Patterson
- Dec 11, 2020
- 3 min
Ahaz and the Sufficiency of God’s Word
The discussion among some evangelicals has developed from questions about the inerrancy of the Scriptures to deliberation concerning the...
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