C. Michael Patton on Teaching Something To Believe In
"The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind Sixteen Years Later" at Parchment and Pen (January 5, 2010).
What are “people crying out for”? I don’t think it is too
difficult to answer. Lewis Sperry Chafer, founder of Dallas Theological
Seminary, used to end each class with this admonition: “Men, give them
something to believe.” That is what people are crying out for:
Something to believe. Truth. Not only this, but an understanding
of the truth that they have ownership in. It is a stimulation of their
minds, so that their hearts can be satisfied. It is teaching. Real teaching. Biblical
teaching. Theologically and historically sound teaching. Teaching that
relieves the scandal of their own minds which, in most cases I am
afraid to say, have never really had a chance to believe. Like really
believe. Not simply because of emotional persuasion. Not simply because
they have a deep down feeling. Not because their parents or pastor
believe this or that. But because they have seen for themselves, and
now they know.
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