Monthly Archives: March 2010

Does Faith Make Sense In An Age of Science?

Resources related to my talk, “Does Faith Make Sense In An Age of Science?” may be found here and here.

March 12, 2010 – 10:36 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in | Comments Off

Postmodernism and Truth

My commitments at another event on March 13 (and leading up to it) have made it impossible for me to get my complete notes and documents from this event posted as soon as I wanted to. Thank you for being patient, and please check back on March 14 or 15. In the meantime, though, you …

March 12, 2010 – 10:04 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in | Comments (0)

Hate Is Not A Family Value

Recently posted on the Center For a Just Society website, my thoughts on “Hate Is Not a Family Value,” beginning with, The other day I saw a car displaying the bumper sticker, “Hate is not a family value.” As slogans go, I thought, this one is just about perfect. Packed with emotional impact, in just …

March 9, 2010 – 11:03 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , | Comments (11)

The Progressive Diminishment of Man – New English Review

Rebecca Bynum has some marvelous insights on scientism’s impulse to abolish humanity from among humanity: One might recall the great glee with which Jane Goodall’s discovery of the tool-making and using of chimpanzees was greeted (wild chimps were observed stripping the leaves from twigs in order to use them to fish for termites). This was …

March 7, 2010 – 7:33 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Comments (1)

The Bible and Christian Thinking

This entry is part 6 of 14 in the series Basic Discipleship of the Mind

Number two on my list of recommended resources for Christian thinking is the Bible. In another time this might not have required much emphasis: of course the Bible is central to Christian thinking! But in age when many consider the Bible to be antithetical to good thinking, and when even many Christians take a thoughtless …

March 1, 2010 – 8:20 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Thinking Christianly | Tagged | Comments (1)