Parchment & Pen Blog

This post is a continuation of our Top Ten Biblical Discoveries in Archaeology series. To see the complete series please click here. A Tough Time to be Alive Our #7 biblically significant discovery in archaeology takes us back again to the time of the #10 discovery. If you haven’t read about the Assyrian Lachish Reliefs [...]

  When is civil disobedience something that we, as Christians, both approve of and participate in? Ever? In the end George and Colson tells us that we must be ready to draw a “line in the sand” as Christians. Obviously the “line” is the line of civil disobedience. This can come in many forms. Indeed, [...]

The conversation in Michael’s recent post on Life Church highlighted one crucial element of the church – the preaching of the gospel.  The gospel is the backbone of the church.  It is what Christ did so that lost people can be reconciled to God.  So the issue of whether there is a clear articulation of [...]

I don’t think that there is a more valuable phrase that I have learned than this: “The palatability of a doctrine does not determine its veracity.” While I have a love/hate relationship with the idea express, I, nonetheless, know it is true. There are two key words here: “palatability” and “determine.” Palatability refers to appeal, [...]

I have always been a fan of Evangelicalism, although I have not always known how to define it. I remember having a discussion about this when I was in my early twenties. I was already well into what I felt was my calling to teach the Bible. It was at one of these studies (if [...]

Join C. Michael Patton, Sam Storms, and Tim Kimberley as they discuss the history and future of Evangelicalism. Other ways to get TUP: RSS iTunes Get TUP on the new theological toolbar (along with a lot of other great podcasts)

If you don’t like them, lighten up! 10. You refer to your local assembly as “church,” “synagogue,” or “mosque” depending on who you are talking to. 9. Your blog is a rant about how everyone else rants too much. 8. You brag that you have never been pinned down theologically on any issue. 7. You [...]

1. A pastor friend of mine just tried to take his life. Is it just me, or does it seem that people everywhere are in more pain and depression than “normal”? Although it does not seem that there is much of a connection between suicide and profession, I would like to think that those in [...]