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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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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 25, 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 18, 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 11, 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
Dec 4, 20203 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 25, 20204 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 20, 20203 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 12, 20204 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
Nov 5, 20203 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...

Paige Patterson
Oct 29, 20204 min read


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 22, 20203 min read


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 15, 20204 min read


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 9, 20203 min read


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 5, 20203 min read


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
Oct 1, 20203 min read


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 26, 20203 min read


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 17, 20204 min read


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 10, 20203 min read


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
Sep 3, 20203 min read


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 28, 20203 min read


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 27, 20203 min read
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