Tag Archives: Love

Creation: The Glory!

“The heavens declare the glory of God,” says Psalm 19:1, “and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” I’m not sure my son at 20 years of age has ever really seen the night sky at its best, in good conditions and far from city lights. His younger sister probably has, from a mountain conference center …

January 19, 2012 – 5:16 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith, Worldviews | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments (15)

Love or Cruelty: If Evolution Is True, What’s the Moral Difference?

Why does love exist? Why is there suffering? Why is anything the way it is in the natural world? Because of evolution. That, at any rate, is the answer provided by those who believe in naturalistic evolution. Naturalistic evolution (NE) is the theory that every feature of life, including physical structures, physical functions, and also …

November 13, 2011 – 7:05 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, New Atheism, Origins and Science | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (163)

Practice What He Preached?

The other day I was stopped behind this car at a traffic light near home, and noticed a bumper sticker on it that I had never seen before. It had Jesus’ face on it along with symbols from 15 different religions, and it read, “Practice what he preached.” I was so intrigued I snapped this …

September 5, 2011 – 2:07 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (14)

“Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner:” Two Sides To the Story, and a Decision To Make

Difficult? Or Impossible? Years ago I was in an undergraduate social psychology lecture at the University of Central Florida. The professor, speaking of attitudes toward homosexuality, told us, “Christians say they can ‘hate the sin but love the sinner,’ but I think that’s pretty hard.” By his non-verbals it was clear that he meant is …

July 12, 2011 – 9:14 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Life and Choices, The Faith | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (11)

Unconditional Love

We’re on the leading edge of a long weekend here (Monday is Memorial Day in the United States). I’m the last to leave my office today; the boss gave us all the afternoon off, but I decided to stay a while, to read and write in the quiet. It’s not, I’m sad to say, as …

May 23, 2008 – 3:35 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , | Comments (29)