The Top 10 New Zealand Christian Blogs for June 09 are as follows: 1. [1.] NZ Conservative 16.5 (7 – 26 ) 2. [3.] MandM 17 (5 – 29) 3. [2.] MacDoctor Moments 18 (21 – 15) 4. [4.] Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 20 (15 – 25) 5= [5.] Keeping Stock 31 […]
Entries from August 15th, 2009
Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – June 09
August 15th, 2009 Comments Off on Top 10 NZ Christian Blogs – June 09
This is Christianity
August 14th, 2009 5 Comments
I saw this quote while Madeleine was Stumbling and thought it was excellent and worthy of sharing: “From the majestic pontifical High Mass in St. Peter’s to the quiet simplicity of a Quaker meeting… from the intellectual sophistication of Saint Thomas Aquinas to the moving simplicity of spirituals such as “Lord, I want to be […]
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Faith and Science Conference Write-Up
August 13th, 2009 13 Comments
The Challenge Weekly has written an article on the recent Faith and Science Conference I participated in. Apart from the unfortunate title, “Conference fuels controversy” which gives a false impression of the largely collegial atmosphere, the mis-characterisation of certain views as deism and the omission of a mention of Dr Jeff Tallon’s memorable talk it […]
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Christian Blog Ranking Report for June 09 – Tumeke
August 12th, 2009 1 Comment
Here are the top 10 NZ Christian blogs based on Tumeke’s NZ blog stats for June; these stats are used in the calculations for the MandM top 10 NZ Christian Blog rankings for June 09: Being Frank 22 Something Should Go Here, Maybe Later (HalfDone) 25 NZ Conservative 26 MandM 29 Keeping Stock 34 Say […]
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Christian Libertarian Blog Carnival July 09
August 10th, 2009 2 Comments
The July 09 edition of the Christian Libertarian Blog Carnival is now online. It is worth a peruse if you want to find some interesting reading material and discover some new blogs. Matt’s two posts on Evolution should not be taught in State Schools: A Defence of Plantinga were featured.
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Sunday Study: The Mosaic Covenant as a Vassal Treaty
August 9th, 2009 Comments Off on Sunday Study: The Mosaic Covenant as a Vassal Treaty
The central event in the Old Testament is the enactment of the Mosaic Covenant. God and Israel (the descendants of Jacob, the grandson of Abraham) entered into a covenant during the time of Moses where Israel promised to worship God and obey his laws and God promised to give them land and protection. The covenant […]
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God, Darwinian Evolution and The Teleological Argument
August 8th, 2009 58 Comments
Does Evolution make belief in God untenable? At the recent conference, Faithful Science? – Just How Well Do Science and Faith Get Along? I presented a paper examining this question.[1] This blog series has grown from that paper and the discussions I had with the theologians and scientists in attendance at the conference. It is […]
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A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
