As you know, Matt and I are now running the Auckland branch of Thinking Matters (TMA), a national apologetics network of professional and lay apologists dedicated to offering reasons to believe and answering objections to the Christian faith. TMA holds fortnightly seminars in Auckland showcasing New Zealand’s best Apologetic talents and screening DVD’s of the […]
Entries from April 3rd, 2009
Thinking Matters Video: Dr Steve Kumar on Faith and Reason
April 3rd, 2009 1 Comment
Tags: Apologetics · Thinking Matters
Bloggers Drinks and Birthdays
April 3rd, 2009 Comments Off on Bloggers Drinks and Birthdays
We had a bit of a relaxed blogging day yesterday; I am now aged 36 so I’m officially old so I figured I needed a nanna nap so I didn’t read any news or blogs though I did see Whale Oil on TV3 news – something about Labour MP’s being impersonated on Twitter and then […]
Tags: Events
Happy Birthday Madeleine
April 2nd, 2009 3 Comments
Happy Birthday Madeleine; Brittany and Noah made this for you .
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It’s Tax-Cut Day!
April 1st, 2009 7 Comments
Yay! Tax cuts come into force today! It’s only a small amount but when your budget requires every cent to count it is welcome relief to be able to keep a little more of what we earn. Now the government just need to keep on going, increase the point the top tax tiers kick in […]
Tags: Left-Wing Propaganda · Tax Cuts
March with MandM
March 31st, 2009 Comments Off on March with MandM
March was a busy month for us; we had dipped in output through December and January following my surgery, and February was kind of the acceleration month where we regained speed, but this month was as close to top gear as we can realistically get given we have 4 kids, I am permanently injured, we […]
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Belief without Proof – Tonight!
March 31st, 2009 Comments Off on Belief without Proof – Tonight!
Just a reminder that Matt is speaking on Belief without Proof tonight in Auckland. more…
Tags: Events · Thinking Matters
In Dread Response, Misheard Lyrics and our son Christian
March 31st, 2009 14 Comments
On the video box of the Bebo page of the lead vocalist of New Zealand band In Dread Response, there currently features an animated You Tube clip, made by our son Christian, for the lyrics of Scarecrows in the Sky. Christian has Aspergers Syndrome and sees things very literally which makes his interpretation of the […]
Tags: Aspergers Syndrome · Humour
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.
