Gavin, Author at Truth Unites

Chesterton Quotes (1): Relativism relativizes relativism

This is a real gem from G.K. Chesterton’s Orthodoxy, which I am listening to on my ipod these days and really enjoying. The fact that doubts everything really gets in his way when he wants...

June 24, 20101 Comment

Favorite Philosophers (3): Siddhartha Gautama

This post is picking up on an older series – see my earlier posts on Camus and Wittgenstein – and I’ll warn you now it will be a little longer (so skip to the end...

June 22, 20103 Comments

The Tabernacle

As I finished reading Exodus today, my concluding thought was how significant the tabernacle is in the second half of the book (chapters 25-31, 35-40). Just as I noted before how Paul almost hijacks the...

June 18, 20103 Comments

Lewis and Male Chauvinism

I enjoyed listening to this lecture on Till We Have Faces by Peter Kreeft (Roman Catholic philosopher, professor at Boston College, author of dozens of books, huge C.S. Lewis fan). Right off the bat he...

June 17, 2010No Comments

Themes in Till We Have Faces

I’ve been listening to my favorite book this week, C.S. Lewis’ Till We Have Faces. Its one of those books that sneaks up on you. You can get 2/3 through it – perhaps even 3/4...

June 16, 201016 Comments

What was the American Revolution?

This past February I got to give a lecture to some middle schoolers at a Christian school on a topic of my choice within the field of history. I chose to discuss the founding period...

June 15, 2010No Comments

If I were planting a seminary…

The other day, just for fun, I planned out how I would design the M.Div. degree if I were planting a seminary. I also planned out 3 M.A.’s (in exegetical, historical, and systematic theology) which...

June 14, 20103 Comments

The Aliveness of God

I’ve been reading Exodus in the mornings and keep coming back to what I don’t know how to refer to other than as the aliveness of God. He is the I AM, the living God,...

June 11, 2010No Comments

More on Great Expectations

6 other truths about life that stood out to me from Great Expectations. 1) People sin against us for reasons that are very complicated, and often have nothing to do with us, but go back...

June 7, 2010No Comments