Matt is having a good day.
Presently he is in San Francisco where this morning he gave the first of his talks, “Can Traditional Theism Provide an Adequate Foundation for Morality? A Reply to Walter Sinnott-Armstrong’s Critique of William Lane Craig” to the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Philosophical Society. By all accounts it was well received with Matt already being in receipt of several requests from scholars in his field for copies of the paper.
This afternoon he attended a panel discussion featuring William Lane Craig, Paul Copan, David Bagget and Jerry Walls on divine command theory and the moral argument. Regular readers will know how much he would have enjoyed that!
Tonight an email came through from the Westminster Theological Journal, a rather prestigious journal, informing him that his article “Feticide, the Masoretic Text and the Septuagint” has been accepted for publication.
No prizes for guessing that I am extra proud of him today 🙂
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.
Great news! 🙂
Awesome news!
I met Matt yesterday at his talk. He remind me of Popeye the Sailor Man. He is a scrappy one who doesn’t a good fight.
(It was a good talk)
Yay for the Westminster journal!
Adam that sounds like my husband, he is definitely not shy when it comes to defending his position – only I hope he didn’t turn up looking scrappy (or anything like Popeye) as I did make sure he had suit and tie and razor with him.
And then Jesus said, “San Francisco!! As a proud gay savior, that’s where I want my second coming to be! Praise my fellow queer brothers and sisters!!!”-Jesus Christ, your humble gay Messiah.
Have the Americans appreciated Matt’s Movember efforts?
Welcome to the great state of California!
Before you leave, please make sure you have a slurpee before you go back home.
Unless they already have those in New Zealand.
😀
Congratulations! As one writer to another, this is excellent news!
Yes, that is fantastic news. Well done I say. God Bless
A bit late to congratulate, but well done 🙂 Some interesting discussions I have stumbled upon here too.