Monthly Archives: March 2011

Server Upgrade–This Time For Real?

Finished and running now. Comments are enabled again. Many thanks to Dennis in Samoa, working around power outages and other more arcane technical issues to make it happen. My last attempt to upgrade the server where Thinking Christian is hosted didn’t work out. I’m about to give it another go. In a short while from …

March 16, 2011 – 3:42 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Unfiled | Comments Off

Tweet It, Facebook It, Most of All Pray It!

Spread the word. Blog it, tweet, Facebook it, but most of all pray: Pray for nuclear safety in Japan. Consider fasting. As you do, pray for the rest of the pain Japan is only beginning to experience, and for God’s work in hearts there and worldwide. Join me and my family in giving toward relief …

March 15, 2011 – 6:35 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Prayer | Tagged | Comments (5)

Reflections on Japan

Just up at The Point Blog: some of my reflections on the disaster in Japan.

March 15, 2011 – 11:41 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Comments Off

Art That Doesn’t Tell Us What To Think Of It?

Joe Carter linked to this video at First Thoughts: It’s fascinating how the students react to this. One of them said, It’s your own interpretation. It’s not telling you what to think of it, it’s what you think of it. She ended that with a rather embarrassed-looking smile. I can’t help wondering what it mean. …

March 15, 2011 – 11:36 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Postmodernism/ Relativism | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

“Are Christians Obsessed With Gays and Abortion?”

David French of the Alliance Defense Fund asks (and answers), Are Christians Obsessed With Gays and Abortion? The numbers don’t lie. American Christians pour their resources into helping “the least of these.” [From Are Christians Obsessed With Gays and Abortion?]

March 14, 2011 – 4:46 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Service | Comments Off

“Time Travel Conference « Bradley Monton’s Blog”

Bradley Monton writes: I’ll be speaking at this conference on time travel at North Carolina State on April 9; it should be enjoyable! I wanted to let him know I thought it was a great conference and I enjoyed it a lot.

March 12, 2011 – 3:20 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Just For Fun | Comments (2)

“No Argument For God” by John Wilkinson

Book Review John Wilkinson believes strongly in reason and in argument in the pursuit of spiritual truth. He employs both, at length, to deny the usefulness of reason and argument in the pursuit of spiritual truth. His book is titled No Argument for God: Going Beyond Reason in Conversations About Faith, and its central thesis goes …

March 11, 2011 – 9:50 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences, Thinking Christianly | Tagged | Comments (70)