Matt’s article “Feticide, the Masoretic Text, and the Septuagint” is now available in Vol 74, No. 1 – Spring 2012 of The Westminster Theological Journal. An abstract of “Feticide, the Masoretic Text, and the Septuagint” follows: A long Christian tradition of moral reflection on feticide interprets feticide, the killing of a formed conceptus, as a violation of God’s law […]
Entries from July 20th, 2012
Published: “Feticide, the Masoretic Text, and the Septuagint” in The Westminster Theological Journal
July 19th, 2012 11 Comments
Tags: Feticide · Masoretic Text · Septuagint · The Westminster Theological Journal
The Christian Blog Carnival comes to MandM
July 11th, 2012 1 Comment
It has been a while since MandM hosted the Christian Carnival but its our turn again. Enjoy : ) Theology Divorce and Remarriage, Part 1: Intro by Carl Ayers of Theological Pursuit “Many Christians, churches, and church leaders have struggled and continue to struggle with what the bible says on divorce and remarriage. This is the first of […]
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Contra Mundum: Dawkins and Secular Hypocrisy
July 7th, 2012 105 Comments
When I was a non-Christian I was forever hearing about how Christians are hypocrites. When I converted to Christianity at 17, one thing that struck me is how often these charges were often a case of the pot calling the kettle black. While there is undoubtedly some hypocrisy within the church, it is also pervasive […]
Tags: Contra Mundum · Investigate Magazine · Kirk Cameron · Peter Singer · Richard Dawkins · Secularism · William Lane Craig
“Ask Dr Matt” this Sunday Night at Massey Presbyterian Church
July 5th, 2012 2 Comments
If you are in Auckland this Sunday evening come along to Massey Presbyterian Church and ask Matt your burning theological questions. From the Facebook Page for the event: Sometimes we have unanswered questions about God, the bible and religion. Dr. Matthew Flannagan will host a questions night. He is a philosopher, theologian and apologist for […]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Massey Presbyterian Church
Matt on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden Mornings – with David Slack
July 3rd, 2012 Comments Off on Matt on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden Mornings – with David Slack
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 3 July 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and David Slack discuss topical issues such as the government’s idea of drug-testing beneficiaries, the government’s back-peddling on the ETS and kiwi slang, among other issues, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden mornings. You can listen […]
Tags: David Slack · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel
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.
Matt on the Waitangi Tribunal, Confessional Confidence on “The Panel” – with Craig Heilmann
July 20th, 2012 Comments Off on Matt on the Waitangi Tribunal, Confessional Confidence on “The Panel” – with Craig Heilmann
If you tuned in to Radio Rhema at 11:45am (NZ time) on 19 July 2012 you would have heard this blog’s Matthew Flannagan and Craig Heilmann discuss topical issues such as the latest with the Waitangi Tribunal and whether priests should disclose crimes to police after confession, among other issues, on “The Panel” on Pat Brittenden mornings. You […]
Tags: Craig Heilmann · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · The Panel