Monthly Archives: June 2010

Links on Ethics and God

Over at the First Things: Evangel blog we’ve been discussing whether ethics can be sufficiently grounded apart from the existence of God. Here are some links relating to that topic: From William Lane Craig: No God? No Good The Indispensability of Theological Meta-Ethical Foundations for Morality From my blog: Hitchens on “Finding Morals Under Empty …

June 5, 2010 – 6:13 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics | Tagged | Comments (4)

What if this wasn’t a hypothetical question?

My daughter asked me that this morning.

June 5, 2010 – 8:55 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Just For Fun | Comments (4)

Christian Carnival 329

The current Carnival is up at the blog, “And She Went Out…” Tucked in at the bottom of that post, she writes, Finally, please be sure to read around this blog as I have just returned from a mission trip from Haiti. It was an amazing trip and God has spoken to me more loudly …

June 4, 2010 – 7:07 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments Off

“Haiti Is Still Happening”

I had meetings in Dallas today with leaders at three Campus Crusade ministries, including Global Aid Network, Campus Crusade for Christ’s humanitarian aid agency. I made a remark to their CEO, Duane Zook, about a phone call we had been scheduled to have some time ago. He had had to cancel it because, as I …

June 3, 2010 – 10:51 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Service | Comments Off

The Authentic Musician: Book Review

Book Review As a freshman music major at Michigan State University I played trombone in the Spartan Marching Band and in the Symphonic Band. A sophomore named John Haddix played trumpet in the same two bands. He lived down the hall from me in Mary Mayo Hall, a dorm that attracted a lot music majors, …

June 2, 2010 – 2:02 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture | Tagged , , | Comments Off