Tom Gilson on Jesus' Greatness, the Reliability of the New Testament, and Why You Should Follow Him
Summary
Every major world religion is based on a set of principles or truths. Adhering to these bodies of wisdom is the essence of following that religion. However, Christianity is unique in that the essence of biblical belief is centered upon a person—Jesus Christ. My guest on this episode argues that if we see the greatness of Jesus’ character, then we can’t help but follow him. His name is Tom Gilson and he has written a book called Too Good to be False. We discuss the book and what it means for belief, apologetics, and everyday life. Tom Gilson is a senior editor with The Stream, and the author or editor of six books, including most recently Too Good to be False: How Jesus’ Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality (Deward Publishing, 2020). Other books of his include A Christian Mind: Thoughts on Life and Truth in Jesus Christ and Critical Conversations: A Christian Parents’ Guide to Discussing Homosexuality With Teens. He was chief editor of the anthology True Reason: Christian Responses to the Challenge of Atheism, and he’s the author/host of the Thinking Christian blog. Tom lives near Dayton, Ohio with his wife, Sara. They’re the proud grandparents of two grand-dogs, a grand-cat and a grand-bunny, by way of their twenty-something son and daughter and their respective spouses. He received a B.Mus. in Music Education with a specialty in performance from Michigan State University and an M.S. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Central Florida. When he’s not writing he loves drinking coffee, canoeing, walking in the woods, and playing his trombones. Check out the full show notes for highlights and resources from this episode: https://tinyurl.com/tom-gilson SUPPORT THIS PODCAST: PayPal: https://paypal.me/AaronShamp?locale.x=en_US Venmo: @AaronShamp Cash App: $AaronShamp –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Track: Perseverance — Land of Fire [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/Ue48lJLVA30Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/perseverance–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/filterpodcast/messageEvery major world religion is based on a set of principles or truths. Adhering to these bodies of wisdom is the essence of following that religion. However, Christianity is unique in that the essence of biblical belief is centered upon a person—Jesus Christ. My guest on this episode argues that if we see the greatness of Jesus’ character, then we can’t help but follow him. His name is Tom Gilson and he has written a book called Too Good to be False. We discuss the book and what it means for belief, apologetics, and everyday life.
Tom Gilson is a senior editor with The Stream, and the author or editor of six books, including most recently Too Good to be False: How Jesus’ Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality (Deward Publishing, 2020). Other books of his include A Christian Mind: Thoughts on Life and Truth in Jesus Christ and Critical Conversations: A Christian Parents’ Guide to Discussing Homosexuality With Teens. He was chief editor of the anthology True Reason: Christian Responses to the Challenge of Atheism, and he’s the author/host of the Thinking Christian blog.
Tom lives near Dayton, Ohio with his wife, Sara. They’re the proud grandparents of two grand-dogs, a grand-cat and a grand-bunny, by way of their twenty-something son and daughter and their respective spouses. He received a B.Mus. in Music Education with a specialty in performance from Michigan State University and an M.S. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Central Florida. When he’s not writing he loves drinking coffee, canoeing, walking in the woods, and playing his trombones.
Check out the full show notes for highlights and resources from this episode: https://tinyurl.com/tom-gilson
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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Track: Perseverance — Land of Fire [Audio Library Release] Music provided by Audio Library Plus Watch: https://youtu.be/Ue48lJLVA30Free Download / Stream: https://alplus.io/perseverance––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
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