Monthly Archives: April 2010

Christian Carnival 324

Christian Carnival 324 is up now at Other Food: Daily Devos.

April 24, 2010 – 7:58 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments Off

Blogging Break

There’s never a good moment to do this kind of thing, but I’ve been needing to take a break from blogging, and I’ve decided to do it now. I’ve been writing a book proposal, and I haven’t been able to get it finished, partly because when I sit down to write I keep getting involved …

April 20, 2010 – 9:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments (8)

“Does Reason Know What It Is Missing?”

Stanley Fish has published a New York Times opinion piece on recent work by Jürgen Habermas titled Does Reason Know What It Is Missing? Habermas is a German philosopher, an atheist, who in Fish’s words, has long been recognized as the most persistent and influential defender of an Enlightenment rationality that has been attacked both …

April 20, 2010 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism, Postmodernism/ Relativism | Comments (3)

Politics, Power, and the Abandonment of Truth

Just published at BreakPoint: My article Politics, Power, and the Abandonment of Truth. The central political tragedy of our day is not any of the decisions being made regarding health care, abortion, marriage, or morality. Nor is it special interest group influence, campaign negativity, or even governmental encroachment on our freedoms. It is that we …

April 16, 2010 – 6:40 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Life and Choices, Postmodernism/ Relativism | Comments (13)

What’s Wrong and What’s Right With Intelligent Design (Re-posted)

Yesterday Tom Woodward sent me an encouraging email about this article, which I originally posted just over three years ago, and I’ve decided to re-post it today. What follows is the same material, with half a sentence added on Stephen Meyer’s recent work and some dead links removed. Update 6:50 pm: when I first posted …

April 16, 2010 – 2:05 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , | Comments (10)

Unconstitutional? Let’s Make That Opinion Irrelevant!

The National Day of Prayer, honored in the United States for more than a half-century, is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Wisconsin has ruled. [From Judge: Natl Day Of Prayer Unconstitutional] The National Day of Prayer has been observed on the first Thursday in May since 1988 (other days before that). I’m not going to …

April 15, 2010 – 8:40 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Prayer, The Faith | Tagged | Comments (10)

On the Radio From Williamsburg

The Sound Rezn radio broadcast (mp3 file) came from Williamsburg, Virginia last Monday, where host Alex McFarland joined several other visitors in meetings with pastors at “a place where literally America was birthed … and where a lot of leaders are praying for a great awakening.” I wish I could share with you what happened …

April 15, 2010 – 8:30 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments Off

Fish and Cans: Christian Carnival Time!

This week’s Christian Carnival is up at Fish and Cans.

April 9, 2010 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments Off