by Andy Patton | Apr 18, 2025 | Church
Most of us deliberately avoid talking about the worst things that have happened to us, especially the grisly details. But in telling the story of Jesus, the Gospel writers go out of their way to linger with them. For the thirty years between Jesus’ infancy and his...
by Andy Patton | Apr 4, 2025 | Christian Thought
“Do you have a head-knowledge of God or a heart-knowledge of God?” I can still remember a youth leader and mentor in high school asking me a question, if not verbatim, then very similar to this. This somewhat common distinction in evangelical circles, drove at a...
by Andy Patton | Mar 28, 2025 | Jesus Christ
I exhort the elders among you…shepherd the flock of God that is among you…clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another… 1 Peter 5:1, 2, 5 Many good books are available to help church leaders reflect on the multiple aspects of their roles and...
by Andy Patton | Mar 17, 2025 | Christian Thought, General Theology
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of...
by Andy Patton | Feb 24, 2025 | Culture
The beatific vision is a doctrine that has been lost in many Protestant circles, but the recapturing of this doctrine is crucial to our understanding of how we live our Christian lives in the present age. Jesus sums it up best: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they...
