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About Parchment and Pen

(I have to post this because the blog is (still) messed up and will not let me create this as a page—we lost our “about” page in the crash.)

Welcome to the blog.

I, Michael Patton, am the primary contributor to this blog. But you can also expect posts from my fellow bloggers Dan Wallace, Paul Copan, Lisa Robinson, and Doug Powell. Our blog is Evangelical and our purpose is content oriented. Hopefully we can write blogs that educate, update, and make people think deeply about historic and contemporary theological issues. You are welcome to contribute to our blog, but please be gracious and thoughtful. This is not anyone’s surrogate blog!

The skinny of my life:

I am Michael Patton, the primary contributor to the Parchment and Pen blog. I do a lot of stuff and love teaching theology. In fact, I have been blessed enough to be able to make my living doing so. I am married, have four kids (two girls and two boys). Got married to the most beautiful gal in the world 97, graduated from Dallas Theological Seminary with a Th.M. (double major in New Testament and pastoral studies) in 2001, was on Pastoral staff at Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco Texas from 2000-2006, started The Theology Program in 2001, incorporated Reclaiming the Mind Ministries in 2005, moved the family and ministry to Oklahoma City (area) in 2007, and the latest project is the Credo House (the Reclaiming the Mind Ministries headquarters and a theological education center). Oh, and I have had four kids along the way!

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8 Responses to “About Parchment and Pen”

Dr. G. on 22 Apr 2009 at 6:12 pm #

Do people ever tell you, you look somewhat like Jim Morrison?
Susan on 28 Apr 2009 at 2:24 pm #

I saw the photo of your ultra blue-eyed son on your FB profile. Now I know where those blues came from!
C Michael Patton on 28 Apr 2009 at 2:58 pm #

Susan, I actually have green eyes. I don’t know why that photo made it look so blue!
Susan on 28 Apr 2009 at 4:19 pm #

Must be the blue background….
Is Zach entirely back to normal?
C Michael Patton on 28 Apr 2009 at 7:59 pm #

He is perfect. Thanks so much.
Steve Wood » Blog Archive » Obituary on 07 May 2009 at 10:01 am #

[...] Michael Patton writes an obituary for the Emerging Church and offers four reasons for its death. “They assumed that Evangelicals would listen and exit the building with them. But what happened was not unlike a disrespectful teenager who thought that he suddenly had it all figured out through a series of unadulterated epiphanies. He tugged on the shirt of his parents letting them know how much more he knew than them and he was blown off because of arrogance. ‘Tsk, tsk’ was the reply, ‘I remember when I thought I knew it all.’” [...]
Sarah Mae on 23 Jun 2009 at 4:45 am #

Hi Michael,

Maybe it’s obvious, but I can’t find your email and have a question. I have been told that if I don’t celebrate the sabbath on a Saturday, I am breaking one of God’s commandments and will be least in the kingdom of heaven. This verse cited: Matthew 5:19 “Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.”

I would really like your thoughts on this.
cheryl u on 23 Jun 2009 at 9:36 am #

Sarah Mae,

There is an e-mail adress for Michael Patton under his face book picture. It may be obvious, but it took me some time to find it too!