Paige Patterson
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....
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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
Mar 4, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20203 min read
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...
Paige Patterson
Dec 4, 20203 min read
How Large was David’s Orchestra?
Music in the contemporary church proceeds with little attention to anything that might be learned from the Bible. Consequently, today’s...
Paige Patterson
Nov 25, 20204 min read
I Knew that the Bible Contained Contradictions!
The issue of the inerrancy of the Bible is a non-consideration for most in the circle of scholars. The university community assumes that...
Paige Patterson
Nov 20, 20203 min read
The Bible Contains the Strangest Things
Readers of sacred Scripture are frequently arrested by stories that would never make the cut, were I the compiler. But every biblical...
Paige Patterson
Nov 12, 20204 min read
Helpful Preaching
For years I have defined “good preaching” as “the art of helping your people read the Bible.” This definition is not intended to call...
Paige Patterson
Nov 5, 20203 min read
A Crazy Friend: A Tribute to Richard Headrick
Ambushed by an intended assailant one dark afternoon in Honduras, my crazy friend also survived being attacked and wounded in a knife...
Paige Patterson
Oct 29, 20204 min read
I Watched a Miracle
October 17, 2020, will not be quickly erased from memory. Place: Vermont. Event: Covid-19 delayed graduation. Graduates: Nine young...
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