Category Archives: Knowing God

“Deepest Feelings” or Right and Wrong?

I didn’t catch this exactly enough to quote it all, but it went something like this. Mark Halperin was on one of the morning shows this morning, discussing the (apparently) surprising pushback the Obama administration has been getting this week, since announcing there would be only narrow exceptions to the new federal requirement that insurers …

February 7, 2012 – 2:44 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Ethics, Knowing God, Thinking Christianly, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (14)

To Turn Down the Noise and Hear Truth

doctor(logic), you say, It’s possible for a god to exist and to hide himself so that no rational being will believe in his existence. It’s also possible for a god to leave plenty of evidence for his existence, so that rational minds will believe he exists. Human minds are noisy. We have biases. In order …

May 11, 2011 – 8:40 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Knowing God | Tagged , , | Comments (30)

Social Decision-Making and the Question of God

The second article in my monthly Worldview and You at BreakPoint column has just been posted. My intent with this column is to provide basic teaching in (a) what worldview is all about, and (b) connecting worldview to current issues. This piece is titled God: The Central Question of Worldview. Here’s some of what I …

May 3, 2011 – 7:47 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Knowing God, Life and Choices, Thinking Christianly | Tagged | Comments Off

Kids Need Worldview, Too

Kids need worldview, too, and here’s an outstanding teaching resource for them.

February 2, 2011 – 10:03 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Knowing God, The Faith, Thinking Christianly | Comments Off

Christianity, Morality, and Well-Being

Does biblical morality promote well-being? Certainly! Almost two weeks ago I committed to writing on that topic. Sue had commented, I’m not sure that the dogmas of religion have ever even pretended to equate morality with well-being. I think that sometimes they may happen to coincide on some points (do unto others/ an ye harm …

October 27, 2010 – 9:47 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Knowing God | Comments (3)

Christianity, China, and the West

I love it when two news items flow into one another virtually unawares. Chuck Colson wrote this morning: Chinese scholars were asked to “look into what accounted for the success, in fact, the pre-eminence of the West all over the world.” After considering possible military, economic, political and cultural explanations, they concluded that the answer …

July 28, 2010 – 6:00 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Knowing God | Comments Off

How Not To Read the Bible

The other day I ran across some guidance on reading the Bible. Going through long passages in one sitting—as in reading through the Bible in a year—is a Bad Way to do it, it said. We must read and study short passages; for it takes unhurried, in-depth meditation to really hear what God is saying …

May 29, 2010 – 2:38 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Knowing God, The Faith | Comments (1)

On the Greatness of God

A guided exploration of the greatness of God, unlike other podcasts I’ve done, in that it’s not a talk I gave before a group. It is instead a meditation, intended for contemplation and worship—and to stretch your thinking about the greatness of God. You won’t want to listen to it in your car, but someplace …

May 28, 2010 – 11:40 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Knowing God, The Faith, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , | Comments Off

He Came For Truth

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Why Did Jesus Come?

Why did Jesus come? In his own words (Luke 12:49-53, cf. Matthew 10:34-35): “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! Do you think that I have come to give …

April 6, 2010 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Knowing God | Tagged | Comments (1)