Tom Gilson

The great thing about horror movies is that no matter how awful things look, no matter how terrified we feel, we know with absolute 100% certainty that everything will be perfectly fine in the end. I’m not talking about the movie plot: there’s no guarantee on that. I’m talking . . . . Continue Reading »

On April 7 at Notre Dame University, William Lane Craig and Sam Harris debated whether morality requires God. Dr. Glenn Peoples posted a detailed play-by-play of the debate on his blog, including links to the audio. There are several other reviews listed here.I have a reflection rather than a review . . . . Continue Reading »

The big question on the Christian blogosphere has been whether it was appropriate for Americans—Christian Americans, specifically—to celebrate Osama bin Laden’s death.In one sense it’s moot. The celebrations two nights ago were spontaneous and immediate outpourings of deeply . . . . Continue Reading »

Bullying is being purged from college campuses, says David Hacker, in a blog post dated yesterday. At first it sounds a lot like what my parents taught me: treat others civilly. But there’s a twist there:As USA Today reports, “civility” policies and programs are cropping up at . . . . Continue Reading »

Bolivia is bringing a draft treaty to the U.N. for consideration, granting Mother Earth “the same rights as humans.” It’s modeled on Bolivia’s own recently-enacted domestic law, whichspeaks of the country’s natural resources as “blessings,” and grants the . . . . Continue Reading »

Albert Mohler observes: The case of Florida pastor Terry Jones presents Christians with an easy judgment but a difficult dilemma. This publicity-seeking pastor of a tiny congregation deserves to be condemned in every way for his act of putting the Qur’an “on trial” and for then . . . . Continue Reading »

From Christianity Today: What’s a Congregation Worth? One non-religious researcher’s best estimate for First Baptist Church, Philadelphia: $6 million in value to the community, almost ten times its annual budget. “Later studies may find even higher . . . . Continue Reading »

From BBC News - Jordan battles to regain ‘priceless’ Christian relics: A group of 70 or so “books”, each with between five and 15 lead leaves bound by lead rings, was apparently discovered in a remote arid valley in northern Jordan somewhere between 2005 and 2007.... They . . . . Continue Reading »

Rob Bell’s Love Wins—and the PR leading up to its release—ignited perhaps the greatest storm of theological debate today’s Internet-focused church has ever seen (that same church being woefully unaware of anything preceding the Internet; but that’s another topic).And then . . . . Continue Reading »

David French of the Alliance Defense Fund asks (and answers), Are Christians Obsessed With Gays and Abortion? The numbers don’t lie. American Christians pour their resources into helping “the least of these.”[From Are Christians Obsessed With Gays and Abortion?] It is an . . . . Continue Reading »