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Tom Gilson writes on the truth of Jesus Christ for a world that's more and more confused about spiritual reality every day. His areas of special interest include sexuality, science rationality, and above all, Jesus Christ himself.

He's a senior editor at the highly respected Christian news and commentary website The Stream (stream.org). Since 2007 he's also run the widely praised Thinking Christian blog at thinkingchristian.net, where he developed a reputation for consistent strength combined with grace in his many interactions with people from all over the spiritual spectrum, and from all over the world.

Tom has served as Vice President for Strategic Services at the campus apologetics ministry Ratio Christi. Prior to that he was on staff wit ...more

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	Too Good to be False: How Jesus' Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality 4.56 avg rating — 72 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Reason: Confronting the Irrationality of the New Atheism by Tom Gilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carson Weitnauer (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Too Good to be False: How Jesus’ Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality 4.66 avg rating — 35 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Critical Conversations: A Christian Parents' Guide to Discussing Homosexuality with Teens 4.37 avg rating — 35 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	True Reason: Christian Responses to the Challenge of Atheism by Carson Weitnauer (Editor), Tom Gilson (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.73 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peter Boghossian, Atheist Tactician: A Preliminary Response to A Manual for Creating Atheists 3.76 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Would Jesus Blog?: Answering Online Adversaries Jesus' Way really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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You may have seen the signs, or maybe you have one installed at your own church for people to see as they exit: “You are now entering the mission field.” It’s a true saying, and well worth bearing in mind — except the sign needs changing now. You might have to cobble this together like I did in the image above, but if your church displays this sign, you need to add a word: “You are now entering th

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“His death on the cross, too, has often been called "the great equalizer," because he died for all, thus showing that we're all equally human with equal worth in God's eyes.”
― Tom Gilson, Too Good to be False: How Jesus' Incomparable Character Reveals His Reality

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“While skeptics just love pointing out that people die for lies all the time, we never find people dying for lies they made up themselves.”
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“Jesus never let his extraordinary powers control him. He never even use them for his own benefit. It was always for others.”
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