Tag Archives: Worshiping Christian

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

The Preeminence of Christ

I was reading Colossians this morning, and felt compelled to journal some of my thoughts and responses to one passage. One translation titles this section “The Centrality of Christ,” and it indeed puts Christ at the center, for the highest worship. Colossians 1:15-22 (ESV) He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of …

January 26, 2009 – 7:35 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Knowing God | Tagged , , | Comments Off

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)

God’s Heart For Missions

Missions is the most crucial thing taking place on earth today. It is the whole point of human history. And it is at its most exciting point in history, when the conclusion, the completion of the task is in sight. It is at the center of God’s heart, and thus it belongs at the center …

June 25, 2008 – 7:12 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged | Comments Off

Jesus: Full of Grace and Truth

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series What Kind of Man Was Jesus?

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.–John 1:14 Jesus–referred to here as “the Word”–came with glory reflecting his Father in heaven. Part of that reflection was in the grace and truth he expressed. …

May 2, 2008 – 3:59 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (7)

Jesus: Fulfiller of Scripture

This entry is part 1 of 4 in the series What Kind of Man Was Jesus?

It all revolves around one man: Jesus Christ. Either he was the greatest person of history, the unique Son of God, or he is nothing at all to us today. What kind of man was he really? We’ll have to take this one topic at a time, starting with this startling claim: “Do not think …

April 30, 2008 – 5:07 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

More Ironies of Easter

They thought they had Jesus figured out, and they also thought they had him under control. Not so: He [Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor] entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, “Where are you from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. So Pilate said to him, “You will not speak to me? Do you …

March 23, 2008 – 3:38 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

The Ironies of Easter

The religious and political leaders thought they had Jesus all figured out. I doubt there’s anything in history or literature to match the irony of that. They expected was the kind of thing they usually saw during a trial and execution: fear, self-protection, defensiveness; or possibly something like guilt, regret, or remorse. They thought they …

March 22, 2008 – 4:53 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

What Christ Does For Us, Part 10: Resurrection, Again

Christians often pray, “God, let us see you work in power.” We may not understand what it is we ask. God does His best work following a death. I approach this topic very cautiously, for though there is something important to say here, there is a danger of trivializing it. I just spent several hours …

February 1, 2008 – 9:26 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , , | Comments (11)

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)