Tom Gilbreath Essays - Culture, Faith, Cosmos


	The World is Bigger Than You Think - Part 3		Hope through meaninglessness.

	Harald's Last Christmas Letter		On December 26, 2006, Harald Bredesen fell from his stairs at home. He died on the 29th. His last Christmas letter, mailed late, arrived at the homes of family and friends even as news of his fall and death spread around the world. Oddly enough for a Christmas letter, the subject was death. Here's the letter and the story behind it.

	The World is Bigger Than You Think - Part 2		When materialists win the contest of world views, despair and hopelessness envelope the land, leading to behavior both sad and bizarre.

	The World is Bigger Than You Think - Part 1-		In terms of communication and distance — potential human connectedness — the world continues to shrink. It's also shrinking in terms of our view of its importance. But the reality of its significance is bigger than you think.


	Praying in Front of God and EVerybody		Finding eternal verities at the Source.

	Saved		Do you believe in happy endings?

	Review of Fireproof		A review of the new film by the producers of Facing the Giants.

	Tribute to a Pastor and His Wife		Christians live in grace, but often find it difficult to grant grace to our spiritual leaders. Let us honor those to whom honor is due.

	Grace and Mother Teresa (Audio)		Audio recording of a message presented by Tom at Covenant Life Fellowship in Lubbock, Texas on August 24, 2008. This message explores grace, our efforts, and our need of a perfect Savior. It includes an audio clip of comments by Mother Theresa, which occurs about 30 minutes into the sermon. (Audio) Length: 33 minutes

	The House of God		"A glorious church, without spot or wrinkle."

	A Man in Grace		Have you ever been on a trip and everything happened to be right — your bills were paid and you were right with the world? If you're in God's grace, you're on that trip right now.

	War Games		Roy Rogers and Luke Skywalker — violence and the hero-instinct. [REPEAT from Culture]

	The Secret Strength of Faith		Charles Spurgeon tells us what makes faith strong and the way faith thinks, especially how faith views the promises of God.

	Caed's Journey		A four year old boy and his mom teach us powerful lessons on suffering and victory.

	Laodicea		Jeremiah Wright takes a fall . . . with a thousand other Christian ministers following close on his heels. [repeat from culture]

	Choice Predestined		When we finally arrive at the place where the big decision is to be made, we often find it was already decided before we got there, but not by someone else. The big decision was made in advance by thousands of little decisions we made along the way.

	The Meaning of You		Your worth is rooted in eternity, or it is nothing at all. [REPEAT from Cosmos]

	Forgotten Corner of YouTube		Carl Sagan's followers are greater in number and fervency than ever before. Many treat his words like holy writ and see him as the hope of the world. But there is a better Hope. [REPEAT from Cosmos and Culture]

	All Thy Waves and Billows		A Harald Bredesen sermon from thirty years ago, preached then for such a time as now.

	A Sense of Proportion		Are true believers dangerous? It all depends on what they believe. [REPEAT from Culture]

	Judging God		With attacks on God growing ever more popular, it's important for Christians to understand the nature of the attacks, and realize that we, too, are susceptible to a "blame God" attitude.

	Christians Hurt, Too		Knowing why pain exists does little to abate the frustration and exhaustion that accompany it. But God provides the greatest possible answer to the question of pain.

	Respect		A video on the rage that rises from disrespect...and truth as the basis of all constructive communication. Video - 3 mins. [REPEAT from Culture]

	Barack Obama and Liberation Theology		His church and pastor embrace a Marxist theology. Is that important? Has it influenced him? He claims to be "a devout Christian." Don't devoted Christians go to church in part to be influenced? [REPEAT from Culture]

	Barack Obama and Heaven		"Barack Obama." Tired of seeing that name? Don't be. Much remains unknown about the man from Chicago, and it's of prime importance that we learn it. [REPEAT from Culture]

	A Sense of the Sacred		Were you offended when Jane Fonda used a certain word on broadcast television? If so, why? Does it really matter? It matters deeply. A sense of the sacred helps us understand what is best and most important in human existence. [REPEAT from Culture]

	Is God a Nice Person?		We have an all-powerful Friend who loves us, but bad things still happen. How can that be?

	Sermon on the Mount		The message of Jesus is good news only if we include the cross.

	Good Man		According to Jesus, you can't call Him good if you don't also call Him God.

	Chasing Deviancy Down (Video Added 6-20-2008)		A church trying to convince the world that it is just like the world is a church gone mad. (Video Added 6-20-2008)

	Lost		When the guideposts are ripped away, civilization dies and chaos wins. [REPEAT from Culture]

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