Paige Patterson
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...
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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
- Nov 25, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
I Watched a Miracle
October 17, 2020, will not be quickly erased from memory. Place: Vermont. Event: Covid-19 delayed graduation. Graduates: Nine young...
Paige Patterson
- Oct 22, 2020
- 3 min
Innocent Blood
With some frequency I find occasion to object to something that someone says about me or does to me. But to promote myself as a “victim,”...
Paige Patterson
- Oct 15, 2020
- 4 min
My Problem with Galatians 5:22-26
Paige Patterson, I thought you were an inerrantist! I was under the impression that you believed every syllable of the Hebrew and Greek...
Paige Patterson
- Oct 9, 2020
- 3 min
I May Not Be That Hungry!
God has a sense of humor! In fact, I can almost hear God announcing to an audience of cherubim, “Ok, have a seat and just watch this.”...
Paige Patterson
- Oct 5, 2020
- 3 min
A Tribute to Richard Headrick
October 5, 2020, is ineradicable in my mind. Early in the morning of the last day of his 77th breathtaking year on this earthly...
Paige Patterson
- Oct 1, 2020
- 3 min
Counterfeits
At the zenith of Solomon’s reign over Israel, the wise monarch employed his artisans to fashion, “two hundred large, decorative shields...
Paige Patterson
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
Popularity: A Potential Heart Thief
Solomon’s accession to the throne of Israel c. 970 b.c. began as a triumph of conquest. Not only did Solomon avoid the coup attempt of...
Paige Patterson
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
Tuskegee
Barreling up I-85 in a northeast direction out of Montgomery, Alabama, you will find an exit sign welcoming visitors to the Tuskegee...
Paige Patterson
- Sep 10, 2020
- 3 min
Catacombs
As a seventeen-year-old boy, my excitement was boundless as I boarded an old constellation airliner for a flight to Tokyo and an...
Paige Patterson
- Sep 3, 2020
- 3 min
The Charm of Rivers
Imagine my surprise when my nephew Perry and his wife Amber presented a newborn child to our family and announced his name as “River.” No...
Paige Patterson
- Aug 28, 2020
- 3 min
Marhaba
“Marhaba, Tony,” said the voice that by its very tenor awakened the keenest expressions of love and adoration in the heart of the recent...
Paige Patterson
- Aug 27, 2020
- 3 min
Magor-Missabib
Magor-Missabib is a member of almost every Baptist church. He appears to be omnipresent. You will know him when you see him. He is a...
Paige Patterson
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
Do What?!
Black clouds lingered over Jerusalem and Judah in 588 BC. Both Egyptian and Babylonian armies were rampant in the land. In just over a...
Paige Patterson
- Aug 13, 2020
- 3 min
Where are the Rechabites?
Conditions worsened in Jerusalem in 597 bc. A cursory reading of Jeremiah underscores the perfidy of the short-term King Jehoiakim and...
Paige Patterson
- Aug 6, 2020
- 2 min
Back to the Reformation
The Reformers in Europe lived in jeopardy every day. Their determination to use their tongues to confess Christ and His offer of personal...
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