Is It Rational To Believe In Spiritual Battle? (Part 1)

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series Spiritual Battle

It’s been just over a year since I began working with BreakPoint/The Colson Center for Christian Worldview. (I’m still on the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ, soon to be named Cru, and this is my current assignment.) The year has been remarkably intense. We’ve made significant progress toward high-impact ministry goals, yet meanwhile our …

October 15, 2011 – 8:31 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (4)

Is It Rational to Believe in Spiritual Battle? (Part 2)

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series Spiritual Battle

Polls consistently show that most Americans believe in the existence of a devil. (Though I haven’t checked, I expect that number would be lower in other Western countries.) Belief in a devil is less frequent than belief in a God, and less respectable in many quarters. It’s controversial when a politician attributes some good event …

October 18, 2011 – 2:23 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, Prayer, Religions | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)

The Primitive Belief in Satan and Demons

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series Spiritual Battle

I’ve been talking about Satan, demons and other primitive, pre-scientific sorts of things here. The topic has reminded me how odd it is that labeling ancient ideas that way—”primitive,” “outdated,” and the like—tilts us toward counting them as wrong or worthless. Usually that has to do with their having preceded the Dawn of Science, which …

October 20, 2011 – 12:56 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Origins and Science, Thinking Christianly, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (99)

The Rationality of Spiritual Battle: An Irrational Answer

This entry is part 4 of 4 in the series Spiritual Battle

My series on spiritual battle has drawn some fire. The question I’ve been asking is whether it is rational to believe in the possibility of hostile spiritual forces. A blogger who goes by the grievous nom de blog “Forever In Hell” seems to want to show how much more rational the so-called “scientific” answer is. …

October 21, 2011 – 9:14 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith, Worldviews | Comments (3)