Paige Patterson
December 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation Newsletter
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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
Sep 17, 20213 min read
Unsung Evangelical Heroes
Irresistible spears of morning light dissipate the darkness of the night, announcing a new day. Before the pinkness of the setting...
Paige Patterson
Sep 9, 20213 min read
Courage—In Your Heart, Not Your Biceps
Forty-five years ago, on my 34th birthday, my pastor W.A. Criswell summoned me to his home study. In my second year of serving as Dr....
Paige Patterson
Aug 16, 20213 min read
Robert Tenery’s Prodigious Leap
Friday, August 13, about 1:00 p.m., Robert Tenery approached the track for a final run. Age 89 and a large man, he could no longer...
Paige Patterson
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Summer 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation Newsletter
Click here to read the Summer 2021 Sandy Creek Foundation newsletter. Among the headlines in this issue: CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD:...
Paige Patterson
Jul 7, 20213 min read
Isaiah’s Discovery of Community Prophecy and His Abuse of Gentiles
Shortly after what must have been an intense meeting with God, Isaiah probably received a delegation of his fellow prophets. Hosea,...
Paige Patterson
Jun 10, 20214 min read
A Sinkhole or Earthquake?
A sinkhole can occur anywhere or anytime. Florida, surrounded on three sides by water and sporting a fair amount of porous soil beneath...
Paige Patterson
Jun 3, 20213 min read
The Truth About Men in Church
For most of my life, I have resisted the desire to respond to the misrepresentations, unkindness, and uncharitableness of constant...
Paige Patterson
May 27, 20213 min read
The Cost of a Soul
What is the cost involved in bringing a soul to Christ? Take a careful gander at the four practically destroyed tires retrieved from the...
Paige Patterson
May 20, 20213 min read
But They Can’t Preach
The day of local church revivals is like the Coronosaurus, something that belonged to a former era. With the passing of revival services...
Paige Patterson
May 13, 20213 min read
Shabbat Is No Siesta
Remember the . . . . Well, remember . . . . Oh well, forget it! Blue laws and keeping the sabbath belong to an era of early American...
Paige Patterson
May 6, 20213 min read
How’s That, Again?
A Pew Research project[1] reported this conclusion: A significant number of U.S. teens are confident that there may be truth in more than...
Paige Patterson
Apr 28, 20214 min read
The Eyes of the Pastor
Instructions for the monetary compensation of the minister are not obscure in the Bible. In 1 Timothy 5:17-18, elders are worthy of...
Paige Patterson
Apr 22, 20213 min read
Sorrow in the Churches When the Pastor Is the Parson
Geoffrey Chaucer’s intimate assessment of the souls of assorted pilgrims journeying together to Canterbury in the spring of the year...
Paige Patterson
Apr 15, 20213 min read
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...
Paige Patterson
Apr 8, 20213 min read
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, 20211 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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),...
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