Monthly Archives: September 2009

Prayer Journal for Bento

If you’re a pray-er using the Bento database for Mac, you might like the prayer journal template I’ve added to Bento’s template exchange.

September 10, 2009 – 2:07 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Comments Off

Independent Attestation

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Evidences for the Resurrection

It seems that some skeptics who complain about the lack of independent attestation for the resurrection have set up the rules this way. (I originally wrote this as a comment and have promoted it now to a blog post for wider discussion.) These seem to be the criteria: The source must be an early document, …

September 8, 2009 – 12:10 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged | Comments (189)

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Part Three)

This entry is part 3 of 6 in the series Evidences for the Resurrection

After considering early Christianity as a kingdom of God movement and as a resurrection movement, N.T. Wright concludes his condensed argument for the resurrection by looking at early Christianity as a messianic movement. There were plenty of messianic movements in those days. In Acts 5:33-42 we read of Theudas and Judas the Galilean attracting a …

September 8, 2009 – 10:53 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Comments Off

The Philosophical Midwife: What are we to do tomorrow?

From Franklin Mason: Thus if we cling to our moral views – as we ought and should – we reveal that we are not relativists. If we know what we are to do tomorrow – and we do – we are not relativists. The Philosophical Midwife: What are we to do tomorrow?

September 8, 2009 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics | Tagged | Comments Off

Administrative Note

I have recently edited items 2 and 6 in the Discussion Policy.

September 7, 2009 – 5:36 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments Off

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Part Two)

This entry is part 2 of 6 in the series Evidences for the Resurrection

Early Christianity was a kingdom of God movement, says historian N.T. Wright, and it was also a resurrection movement. That may seem an exercise in the overly obvious: everyone knows Christianity claims Jesus rose from the dead. Don’t let the simplicity fool you. Where did that belief come from? Christians say it came from a …

September 7, 2009 – 7:58 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Comments (7)

The Resurrection of Jesus Christ (Part One)

This entry is part 1 of 6 in the series Evidences for the Resurrection

N.T. Wright is an historian of the first century who is convinced the resurrection of Jesus Christ actually happened in history. I have not had opportunity to read his massive The Resurrection of the Son of God. In his shorter — yet provocative — The Challenge of Jesus: Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is, however, …

September 6, 2009 – 5:43 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged , | Comments (51)

Bradley Monton Interview

Here is Part One of a series of interviews Casey Luskin of the Discovery Institute is holding with Bradley Monton, author of Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent Design. There is some real substance here. Seeking God in Science: An Atheist Defends Intelligent De… Intelligent Design The Future

September 2, 2009 – 8:14 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , | Comments (6)