Monthly Archives: November 2010

Christian Carnival for 11/10/10

It’s my privilege this week to present the Christian Carnival. It’s all good stuff this week, so here we go: Global Michelle tells us more from Haiti: They Played Happy Birthday to the Dead. It’s posted at And She Went Out…. My own Thinking Christian blog tells of a challenging but inspiring encounter with a …

November 10, 2010 – 2:16 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments Off

Hearts and Bodies Healed in Rwanda

This morning I had the rare privilege of sharing breakfast with a pastor from Rwanda, a man who has seen and known God at work in ways I have never known. In the past I’ve written about Catherine Claire Larson’s book, As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda. In it she tells story after …

November 9, 2010 – 10:00 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Prayer | Tagged | Comments Off

Web Page Check

Pages on this blog have been loading very slowly for me lately. Is that happening to others of you reading here? Thanks.

November 9, 2010 – 9:30 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments (2)

Christian Carnival

Good posts up at Fish and Cans…

November 5, 2010 – 11:54 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments (1)

Argumentum ad Bugsum

From Jim at Quodlibeta, complete with example: One way that is still used to denigrate and mock Christianity, as well as the ancients and medievals, is the suggestion that, prior to Columbus, everyone thought the Earth was flat. This belief was rooted in religious dogma and was therefore unchallengeable until it was demonstrated empirically to …

November 5, 2010 – 5:47 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Just For Fun, Origins and Science | Comments Off

Mike Licona’s Historiographical Approach to the Resurrection

The Resurrection of Jesus: A New Historiographical Approach There’s considerable buzz going on about this new book from Mike Licona. I took a look through the table of contents on Amazon and decided to add my voice to it—and to order a copy of the book, which I’ve just done. Mike is a scholar and …

November 4, 2010 – 8:07 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged | Comments (2)

The Worldview Church

I’d like to introduce you to the Worldview Church, an outstanding source for thinking about Christianity in relation to the world we live in. David Naugle’s “Christianity and Culture: Kingdom Living is a good place to start: From the beginning of the Church until the present, Christians of every stripe have wrestled with a most …

November 4, 2010 – 7:15 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Thinking Christianly | Tagged | Comments Off

Good Job, Denver!

Denver Voters Reject Plan to Track Space Aliens http://feeds.foxnews.com/~r/foxnews/politics/~3/0lEuup0ksl4/ Posted from WordPress for Android

November 3, 2010 – 4:37 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Just For Fun | Comments Off