Tag Archives: Cross

If Christianity Is Your Religion, Don’t Thank God for the Cross

If Christianity were my religion, I wouldn’t thank God for the Cross. But it’s not my religion, and on Thanksgiving Day here in the U.S. tomorrow, I will be giving God all the thanks I can give him for the Cross of Jesus Christ. I know I need to explain that, and I will. First …

November 23, 2011 – 8:13 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Postmodernism/ Relativism, Religions, The Faith, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (13)

The Cross: Not One of the Universe’s “Nice” Ideas

Dallas Willard writes in The Divine Conspiracy (p. 335), “God,” Paul said, “makes clear the greatness of his love for us through the fact that Christ died for us while we were still rebelling against him” (Rom. 5:8). The exclusiveness of the Christian revelation of God lies here. No one can have an adequate view …

July 16, 2008 – 8:05 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Age, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

Easter Reprise

First posted on February 1, but made for Easter, for He is Risen! Jesus Christ lived on Earth and displayed a life of perfect love, trust, and worship. His example is incomparably great–and it’s unreachable. Part of the validation of the message of Christ is in its unique combination of reality and perfection in the …

March 22, 2008 – 10:34 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off

Good! Friday

From a blog post a few weeks ago: Make no mistake, the cross of Jesus Christ is a drastic solution to a serious problem, and the problem is our fundamental distance, because of rebellion, from the God who created and loves us. He loves us enough that He was willing (”for the joy set before …

March 21, 2008 – 8:13 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Facts, Values, and the Wren Chapel Cross

Gene Nichols resigned as president of the College of William and Mary–just five miles or so from my office–this week. In his resignation letter he listed four things that he thought had led to College’s decision not to renew his contract for next year, which in turn led to his stepping down. The letter includes: …

February 17, 2008 – 11:18 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

What Christ Does for Us, Part 9: The Cross, Again

In a series on what Christ does for us, one post on Christ’s cross and resurrection is hardly enough. I must linger a while longer. Ravi Zacharias once said (according to a friend of mine), “The only alternative to the cross is the trivialization of sin.” I’m sure he was speaking pastorally, to Bible believers, …

January 27, 2008 – 12:54 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (6)

What Christ Does For Us, Part 8: Death and Resurrection

Jesus Christ lived on Earth and displayed a life of perfect love, trust, and worship. His example is incomparably great–and it’s unreachable. Part of the validation of the message of Christ is in its unique combination of reality and perfection in the character He displayed. The standard He set is strongly desirable–if being a person …

January 26, 2008 – 8:29 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)