Apologetics 315, which brings together a variety of apologetics resources including audio, debates, podcasts, book reviews and articles profiling the works of the best apologists in the world, has interviewed Matt as part of their Apologist Interviews series. Matt is the first kiwi apologist to be featured in this series and stands alongside such contemporary […]
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Apologetics 315 Interviews Matthew Flannagan on his Contribution to Apologetics
August 23rd, 2010 29 Comments
Tags: Apologetics · Apologetics 315 · Chris Shannon · Craig Hazen · Doug Geivett · Doug Groothius · Faith and Reason · Gary Habermas · Greg Koukl · Interviews · Kenneth Samples · Media · Michael Licona · Paul Copan · Peter Williams · Raymond Bradley · William Lane Craig
Dr Glenn Peoples on Science and Morality, Sam Harris & the Claims of the New Atheism @ Auckland Uni
August 18th, 2010 8 Comments
Christian philosopher and blogger Dr Glenn Peoples is coming to Auckland to give a public talk entitled “Science and Morality: Is there a Naturalistic Basis of Moral Truth?” This talk will examine the claims of the new atheism, particularly the work of Sam Harris. Dr Peoples will ask, can the natural world tell us what is […]
Tags: Evangelical Union · Glenn Peoples · God and Morality · New Atheists · Sam Harris · Science and Religion · Thinking Matters
Glenn Peoples’ Review: Bradley v Flannagan Debate
August 11th, 2010 44 Comments
On Monday 2 August at the University of Auckland Emeritus Professor of Philosophy Dr Raymond Bradley and Dr Matthew Flannagan (of this blog) debated the topic “Is God the Source of Morality? Is it rational to ground right and wrong in commands issued by God?” Philosopher Dr Glenn Peoples watched the debate via live Skype feed […]
Tags: Debates · Glenn Peoples · Matthew Flannagan · Raymond Bradley
Auckland Bloggers Drinks – First Thursday in August
July 27th, 2010 26 Comments
On the first Thursday of every month bloggers who happen to be in Auckland gather for the B3 (Bloggers Bar Bash). What: Auckland Bloggers Drinks When: Thursday 5 August from 6.30pm Where: Galbraiths, 2 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland Who: Bloggers, blog readers, blog trolls Past blogging celebrities in attendance include bloggers, blog readers and […]
Tags: Bloggers Drinks
Middleton Grange, Free Exercise and the Gay Rights Movement UPDATED
July 26th, 2010 284 Comments
Over at GayNZ.com’s Proclamations of the Red Queen blog, Craig Young is in a celebratory mood. Middleton Grange, a Reformed Evangelical Christian school has been forced by law to pay reparations and have their management undergo “human rights education” because they dismissed a netball coach on the grounds that he openly engaged in homosexual conduct. Middleton […]
Tags: Craig Young · Free Exercise · Freedom of Religion · GayNZ.com · Homosexual Conduct · Human Rights · Human Rights Commission · Middleton Grange · Rights and Freedoms
Wolterstorff, the Canaanites and Hyperbole: A Response to Ken Pulliam
June 29th, 2010 47 Comments
Critics of Christianity often ask how can a good and loving God command the extermination of the Canaanites as is taught the Old Testament? A clear assumption behind this question is that the Old Testament teaches that God did in fact command the extermination of the Canaanites, an assumption which is based on a straight-forward […]
Tags: Canaanites · Divine Command Theory · Genocide · Ken Pulliam · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Old Testament Ethics
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.
