Yearly Archives: 2010

Looking for New Christian Blogs To Feature

As the year ends I’d like to take a look at new Christian blogs that were begun this year, and feature several of them here on Thinking Christian.

December 15, 2010 – 11:01 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea | Comments (25)

“Momentous” Is Not An Overstatement

Momentous indeed: It is one thing, and isn’t another—and that’s not mere subjective opinion. Or so we read in What is Marriage, a new and momentous paper authored by First Things board member Robert P. George, along with former First Things assistant editor Ryan Anderson and Rhodes Scholar Sherif Girgis. [From What is Marriage? » …

December 15, 2010 – 6:18 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Life and Choices | Comments (2)

Paul Copan Interview: Is God a Moral Monster?

An interesting discussion: We recently interviewed Paul Copan, President of the Evangelical Philosophical Society, about his new book, Is God a Moral Monster: Making Sense of the Old Testament God (Baker, 2010). The book has already been heralded by both Old Testament scholars, theologians and philosophers as a leading title in this important discussion. Paul …

December 14, 2010 – 2:31 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics | Comments Off

The Essential Missing Prologue To All Apologetics

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Arrogant Christianity?

The practice of Christian apologetics faces a new and mostly unrecognized hurdle. Although this hurdle’s pieces and parts are familiar to apologists and worldview thinkers, few have recognized their full implications. It is the new fundamental obstacle to listeners’ and readers’ saying “yes” to Jesus Christ and to Christianity, so much so that for many …

December 13, 2010 – 11:41 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Postmodernism/ Relativism, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (14)

To Understand the Essence of Marriage

Want to know the true essence of marriage? It’s easy!

December 12, 2010 – 2:25 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Comments (1)

Christians and Gay-Rights Advocates: Hatred or Humanity?

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series To Treat One Another As Humans

I have just completed a short series on gay-rights advocates and Christians treating one another as humans. The first several titles I used in that series did not make clear what the topic was, so I’m appending this as a topic-title page. To Treat One Another As Humans: Urging gay-rights advocates to be consistent in …

December 10, 2010 – 7:24 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Can a Homosexual Be a Christian? Can a Christian Be Homosexual?

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series To Treat One Another As Humans

Is there such a thing as a gay or lesbian Christian? Of course there is. I know that I myself am a saved sinner, so I am certain there are lesbians and gays who are Christians. I’m acquainted with more than one who say that they are, and one in particular for whom there is …

December 10, 2010 – 7:05 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Comments (4)

To Treat One Another As Humans, Part 2b

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series To Treat One Another As Humans

My plans to complete this series have been delayed by a medical emergency in our extended family, which has necessitated an unexpected trip out of state and a lot of time in prayer and family decision-making. It was always going to be a difficult topic to write on. These events in a way bring the …

December 7, 2010 – 8:34 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Comments (20)

“When Good becomes Evil”

They say the homosexual “marriage” issue is a purely private matter that won’t affect anyone else’s life or marriage. Don’t believe it. One of the most eye-opening features of the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial – the trial where a few people in California are trying to redefine marriage for the entire nation to include homosexual …

December 7, 2010 – 4:56 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , | Comments (30)

To Treat One Another As Humans: Part 2a

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series To Treat One Another As Humans

I have recently urged gay rights advocates To Treat One Another As Humans. We Christians need reminders at times, too. Our public face in the gay-rights controversy is dominated by the message of “You Can’t Do That!” We don’t entirely control how the media portray us, but we can at least be sure that we’re …

December 2, 2010 – 11:30 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Ethics, Life and Choices, The Faith | Tagged , | Comments (12)