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Dallas Willard on Christianity, Magic, and the Supernatural

Dallas Willard, professor of philosophy at the University of Southern California, asks this question in his excellent book Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship With God: How does a life in which one speaks the creative word of God differ from a life of voodoo, magic, and superstition? Here is part of his answer (the …

November 29, 2009 – 9:42 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Knowing God, New Atheism | Tagged , , | Comments (18)

Has the Faith Been Found Out To Be Foolish?

Not long ago I heard J.P. Moreland in a lecture discussing the importance of knowing that Christianity is true. Moreland is an apologist and the author of what I consider to be one of the most important books written by a Christian in recent years, Kingdom Triangle. I don’t have his exact words, but it …

August 21, 2008 – 7:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Evidences | Tagged , , , | Comments (11)

“Truth in the Fire: C.S. Lewis and Pursuit of Truth Today”

Truth In the Fire I have written appreciatively twice of Dallas Willard lately. Now I turn to his article, Truth in the Fire: C.S. Lewis and Pursuit of Truth Today: Publications: The Independent Institute. Originally delivered as a lecture ten years ago at the C.S. Lewis Centennial at Oxford University, this paper springboards from Lewis’s …

June 22, 2008 – 8:24 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Who Is My Neighbor?

From “The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God” (Dallas Willard) (p. 111); on the parable of The Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37): The story does not teach that we can have eternal life just by loving our neighbor. We cannot get away with that nice legalism either. . . . But in God’s order …

June 13, 2008 – 5:51 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , | Comments Off