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Theology Unplugged

Theology Unplugged

著者： C. Michael Patton
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Join C. Michael Patton and friends for Theology Unplugged, a weekly podcast that dives deep into Christian theology, exploring challenging questions, and offering insightful discussions to deepen your faith. Discover the truth, embrace the journey, and engage with thought-provoking topics every week.C. Michael Patton キリスト教 スピリチュアリティ 聖職・福音主義
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  • When Intellect Fails: The Witness of the Mind and Heart

    When Intellect Fails: The Witness of the Mind and Heart
    2026/10/12
    What happens when the mind can no longer give the certainty the heart needs? Can theology, arguments, and intellectual conviction carry us through seasons of doubt, suffering, and spiritual darkness?

    In this episode of Theology Unplugged, Michael reflects on the relationship between the mind and the heart in the Christian life. After decades spent teaching theology and helping people understand what they believe and why, he asks a harder question: Is knowing the truth about God the same as knowing God?

    Theology matters. Truth matters. The intellect is a gift from God. But there is a difference between being able to defend God’s existence and experiencing genuine fellowship with Him. Drawing on Blaise Pascal’s observation that “the heart has reasons the mind knows not,” Michael explores the limits of intellectual certainty and the place of personal trust.

    What happens when someone can explain the doctrines of God’s love and grace yet struggles to experience them? Can a person possess a strong theological framework and still feel spiritually empty? The goal is not to set the head against the heart. Both have their proper place. The mind helps us understand what is true. The heart responds through trust, love, dependence, and worship.

    Arguments can explain why God is trustworthy. They cannot, by themselves, replace the personal act of trusting Him. There are moments when the intellect reaches its limits, while the heart still has reasons to believe.

    The heart has reasons the mind knows not.

    Get involved:
    Michael's public blog: https://credohouse.org
    Courses and Manuscript Reproductions from Michael and other scholars: https://credocourses.com
    Join us as we go through the great Fathers of the Faith in a year: https://throughthechurchfathers.com
    Support Michael and receive exclusive podcasts, courses, and much more: https://patreon.com/cmichaelpatton
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  • Credo House Update and New Book Announcement

    Credo House Update and New Book Announcement
    2026/10/16
    What's happening with Credo House? What does the future hold for the ministry, our books, and our ongoing theological projects?

    In this episode of Theology Unplugged, Michael Patton gives a general update on Credo House Ministries, current projects, and plans for the future.

    Michael announces the release of Todd Stories: Coloring Book and discusses plans for future theological children's books designed to introduce young readers to important truths of the Christian faith.

    He also addresses the future of Credo House itself. Is a physical Credo House still part of the vision? What might the ministry look like moving forward, and how will its mission continue to develop?

    There's also an update on Through the Church Fathers in a Year, the ongoing project of reading through some of the most important writings in Christian history, along with a discussion of Michael's latest blog post, "Bad Theology Is Not Necessarily Sin." The article explores why theological error does not always arise from rebellion or sinful motives, but can also result from human limitations, misunderstanding, and the process of growing in theological knowledge.

    A brief update on where things stand, what's coming next, and the continuing mission of helping people understand and grow in their Christian faith.

    Get involved:
    Michael's public blog: https://credohouse.org
    Courses and Manuscript Reproductions from Michael and other scholars: https://credocourses.com
    Join us as we go through the great Fathers of the Faith in a year: https://throughthechurchfathers.com
    Support Michael and receive exclusive podcasts, courses, and much more: https://patreon.com/cmichaelpatton
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  • 90. Through Theology in a Year: The Headcrusher and the Unity of Scripture

    90. Through Theology in a Year: The Headcrusher and the Unity of Scripture
    2026/09/01
    How can the Bible be one unified story when it was written by more than forty authors across roughly fifteen hundred years, in different places, languages, cultures, and historical settings?

    In this episode of Theology Unplugged, Michael argues that the progressive unity of Scripture is one of the most striking evidences of its divine inspiration. Other religious systems are often built around a single founding figure, a single generation, or a relatively compact body of teaching. The Bible is different. Its message develops over centuries through many authors who did not possess the completed canon and could not see the entire picture from the beginning.

    Michael uses the image of a puzzle gradually being assembled. Genesis 3:15 gives the first major piece: the promise of the seed of the woman who will crush the serpent. From there, the Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, and New Covenants progressively add definition to God’s redemptive plan. The prophets add still more detail until the picture finally comes into focus in Christ.

    This raises an important hermeneutical question: Did the Old Testament authors consciously understand everything God intended through their words? Michael explores the idea of sensus plenior, or the “fuller sense,” especially as developed by Catholic scholar Raymond E. Brown, and compares it with dispensational and progressive dispensational approaches to progressive revelation.

    The central issue is one of hermeneutical guardrails. If God can intend more than the human author consciously understood, how do we know what that fuller meaning is? Michael argues that later revelation may complement, complete, and clarify earlier revelation, but it cannot cancel or redefine the original historical referent. Otherwise, biblical meaning becomes unstable and the promises of God themselves become difficult to trust.

    The discussion also considers the contrast between Alexandrian and Antiochene approaches to interpretation, the role of typology, the distinction between type and antitype, and the need to distinguish historical meaning from later fulfillment and contemporary application.

    A proposed summary of the hermeneutic is this: one historical meaning, sometimes situated within a divinely intended typological trajectory, progressively revealed and climactically fulfilled in Christ, followed by many legitimate applications.

    The remarkable thing is not merely that Scripture contains theological themes. It is that dozens of human authors, spread across centuries, contribute pieces to a redemptive story none of them individually controlled, yet the pieces ultimately form a coherent picture centered on Christ.

    Many authors. Many centuries. Many pieces. One story. One Christ.

    Get involved:
    Michael's public blog: https://credohouse.org
    Courses and Manuscript Reproductions from Michael and other scholars: https://credocourses.com
    Join us as we go through the great Fathers of the Faith in a year: https://throughthechurchfathers.com
    Support Michael and receive exclusive podcasts, courses, and much more: https://patreon.com/cmichaelpatton
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    52 分
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