Parchment & Pen Blog

Politics

Is this the End of America?


Comments 167 Comments

There are so many ways to look at this. There are so many ways to spin it. There are so many things people say that turn my hair grey. Many conservatives are saying this is the “end of America.” It stresses me out. Stressors include the fact that nations rise and nations fall. In tragedy and loss [...]

Theology Unplugged: Reflecting on the Election


Comments 6 Comments

Join Michael Patton, Tim Kimberley, JJ Seid and Sam Storms as they reflect on the presidential election.

On God’s Election of Obama


Comments 65 Comments

I have kept an eye on what people are saying in my circles about Obama’s re-election. Things don’t look too good there. Fear, anger, frustration, and hopelessness are filling the thoughts of those of us who are supposed to have the most hope. There are few times when the sin of idolatry is revealed more [...]

Thinking about the Election from a Biblical Point of View (Sam Storms)


Comments 22 Comments

This past week I came across a statement by Marvin Olasky concerning the national election on Tuesday: “Sinful humans with all our quirks will decide who controls the White House and Congress. But under a sovereign God, the election is no crapshoot.” You may not find comfort in the truth of that statement, but I [...]

How (Not) To Help the Poor


Comments 10 Comments

In a First Things editorial entitled “What Should We Do About the Poor?”[1], the editors discuss alternatives to addressing poverty.  Though this essay is about twenty years old, it still offers sage advice for assisting the genuinely “disadvantaged poor.” The editors mention the traditional “conservative” approach—namely, to stop giving out money in order that the [...]

“America is Going Downhill Fast” . . . and Other Stupid Statements


Comments 57 Comments

Is America in a state of moral decline? Are we teetering on the edge of judgement from the angry hands of God? Maybe, but I am not as convinced as some are. What I do know is that nostalgia is a common condition among us politically conservative Christians. “If we could only get back to the way things used [...]

ARE MORMONS CHRISTIANS 19: Glenn Beck and that Question Again


Comments 237 Comments

There is an amusing scene in the 1990 film Back to the Future III in which time-traveler Marty McFly, exploring his home town in the year 2015, encounters a holographic projection of a shark as part of the marquee at a theater showing Jaws 19. At first taken by surprise, Marty recovers and comments, “The [...]

Politics According to the Bible (Dan Wallace)


Comments 43 Comments

 I received in the mail last night a new book by Dr. Wayne Grudem, research professor of Theology and Biblical Studies at Phoenix Seminary. Politics – According to the Bible is Grudem’s latest offering, published by Zondervan. It’s a thick book—weighing in at more than 600 pages. What I find fascinating in this book is that [...]

 

Sponsors

Follow Credo House On:

      

Follow Michael Patton On:

      

Receive Blog via Email

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Categories

Buy Anything on Amazon & Support our Ministry

Blog Rules

Please adhere to the following rules to prevent banishment to Siberia (no offense to our Siberian visitors):

  • Do not use the blog to promote yourself, as your surrogate blog, or as an advertisement. I am sure you are interesting and have some really nice things to say, but you can get your own blog.
  • Do not call authors out for debate. You must count the cost (Lk. 14:31). You don’t want to get whipped up on anyway.
  • Keep your comments short. Like when your comments are longer than the blog, that is too long.
  • Read All 6 Rules

Search Parchment & Pen

Donate

If you believe in and benefit from this ministry, please consider becoming a parter by donating here. One-time and monthly donors are both greatly appreciated!

Get Email Updates Email Newsletter icon, E-mail Newsletter icon, Email List icon, E-mail List icon

For Email Marketing you can trust

Our Classes

Theological Word of the Day

Eternal Security
The doctrine that salvation, once attained, is eternally secure and therefore cannot be lost. Calvinists refer to this doctrine as perseverance of the saints, placing the emphasis on the instrumental cause of one’s security–God”s sovereign electing will. This sovereign will is evidenced in the perseverance of the faith of the believer. Passages that adherents would [...] continue reading