Monthly Archives: February 2008

The Not-So-Secret

Book Review Rhonda Byrne’s The Secret, published over a year ago, still holds a spot on Barnes & Noble’s bestseller racks, and ranks second in book sales at Amazon.com. I finally read it yesterday. I’m getting ready to preview Henry Cloud’s soon-to-be-released DVD, The Secret Things of God, which he prepared in response to this …

February 10, 2008 – 7:39 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Age | Tagged , , | Comments (17)

The Explanation for Everything

My guest column in the Newport News Daily Press appeared again today, under the headline “God answers it all.” It’s on Charles Colson’s provocative assertion that “Christianity is the explanation for everything.” (The above link will disappear in 1-2 weeks, after which you may still access the article in PDF form here.) Because of limited …

February 9, 2008 – 7:29 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, Thinking Christianly | Tagged | Comments (3)

Jihad and Crusade

“Christians feel guilty about the Crusades, so much so that the very term has become politically incorrect, and the irreligious bring them up often. There are certainly events in the Crusades that no Christian could possibly defend, but they were preceded by Jihad, and the unwillingness of Muslims to admit any error is revealing. Islam …

February 9, 2008 – 7:20 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

“Slavery, Christianity, and Islam”

Robert Spencer writes of religion and slavery in world history, including: [T]he pressure to end [slavery] moved from Christendom into Islam, not the other way around. There was no Muslim Clarkson, Wilberforce, or Garrison. In fact, when the British government in the nineteenth century adopted the view of Wilberforce and the other abolitionists as its …

February 7, 2008 – 2:24 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)

God or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the Evidence

Updates have been posted on one of the best online theism/atheism debates: God or Blind Nature? Philosophers Debate the Evidence I missed some of this as it was going on. Thanks go to Fides Quarens Intellectum for the reminder. Not sure when I’ll get a chance to read this, though, since I’m in the middle …

February 5, 2008 – 8:24 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , | Comments Off

“The Myth of Galileo: A Story With A (Mostly) Valuable Lesson”

Joe Carter ends a detailed and eye-opening correction to the myth of Galileo, and concludes with: I suspect that there are many more lessons that can be gleaned from this story. But I find that the real moral is not so much in the story itself but in the fact that the story even needs …

February 5, 2008 – 8:19 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (26)

What Christ Does For Us, Part 10: Resurrection, Again

Christians often pray, “God, let us see you work in power.” We may not understand what it is we ask. God does His best work following a death. I approach this topic very cautiously, for though there is something important to say here, there is a danger of trivializing it. I just spent several hours …

February 1, 2008 – 9:26 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (11)