Tag Archives: Worth Reading

Brand New Blog You Should Know About

My friend Paul Gould, a Ph.D. philosopher who works with college faculty and students through Faculty Commons, has started a new blog. It’s a great design, and he’s an outstanding thinker. Check it out!

January 26, 2012 – 10:18 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Worth Reading | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Second Annual “New Christian Blogs” Feature

It’s finally time to begin my second annual “New Christian Blogs” feature. I had thought I would start this a couple weeks ago, but better late than never, as they say. These are all Christian blogs that began in 2011. Today I’m going to share the list of blogs that came my way through requests …

January 25, 2012 – 9:34 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea, Worth Reading | Tagged , | Comments (3)

“Engage the Culture, Pastor, If You Dare: Part 1 of 3″

The easiest approach is to remain aloof from the culture and condemn it. [From Engage the Culture, Pastor, If You Dare: Part 1 of 3] The easiest approach is rarely the right approach.

January 23, 2012 – 9:24 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, Thinking Christianly, Worth Reading | Tagged , , | Comments Off

“Is it still wrong if another culture says it is right? A teacher’s surprising discovery”

Denyse O’Leary writes: In “Moments of startling clarity: Moral education programming in Ontario today,”* Dr. Stephen L. Anderson recounts what happened when he tried to show students what can happen to women in a culture with no tradition of treating women as if they were fellow human beings with men…. They became confused. They seemed …

December 4, 2011 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, Worth Reading | Tagged , | Comments (65)

Happy Belated Pre-Thanksgiving!

It’s the belated pre-Thanksgiving Christian Carnival, at Ichthus77.

November 27, 2011 – 8:48 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Worth Reading | Tagged | Comments Off

“So You Would Give Me Joy? Then I Refuse”

From Holly Ordway, a sonnet on hell, beginning: Hell is not too small a space for me. You offer more, but I won’t pay the cost. I have what’s mine for all eternity: I have myself, whatever else I’ve lost. So you would give me joy? Then I refuse… [From The Problem of Pain Sonnet …

November 16, 2011 – 8:39 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Arts and Culture, The Faith, Worldviews, Worth Reading | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (2)

“The Social Costs of Pornography”

From Sean McDowell Pornography is tearing apart the fabric of our society. You may think this is an overstatement. After reading, “The Social Costs of Pornography” by the Witherspoon Institute, I think it may be an understatement. [From The Social Costs of Pornography]

October 18, 2011 – 9:27 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Worth Reading | Tagged | Comments (5)

Of Interest: “Pastor Hosts Assemblies at Texas High School Despite Atheist Protests, Christian News”

Okay. Who’s running the real ploy here? A Texas high school allowed an Assemblies of God pastor to lead two school assemblies Wednesday despite sharp criticism from a number of atheist organizations. The pastor, Kyle Embry, didn’t speak about faith or even introduce himself as a pastor during the event, yet some are accusing him …

October 17, 2011 – 2:08 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Miscellanea, Worth Reading | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Christianity and the Abolitionist Movement

A quick excerpt from a blog you need to know about, Christ the Tao, speaking on Christianity and slavery: the modern abolitionist movement, led by zealous believers like William Wilberforce, was no fluke. There is, in the genome of Scripture, something that pushes towards liberty, that eventually emerged in a big way. [From Christ the …

October 10, 2011 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Worth Reading | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

Of Interest: “There’s Probably No Dawkins”

[From bethinking.org - What is Apologetics? - There's Probably No Dawkins]

October 9, 2011 – 6:00 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Worth Reading | Tagged , , | Comments (2)