I have had to revise my earlier statements about not going to the November 2012 academic conferences in Milwaukee on the grounds that when you are personally invited to participate in a panel discussion by Doug Geivett and Mike Austin at the Evangelical Philosophical Society (“EPS”) you do not say no 🙂 (If I said […]
Entries Tagged as 'Speaking Engagements'
Madeleine and Matt to speak on “Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life” at the 2012 Evangelical Philosophical Society Meeting in Milwaukee
June 23rd, 2012 5 Comments
Tags: Being Good: Christian Virtues for Everyday Life · Doug Geivett · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Mike Austin · Milwaukee
Matt to speak on Singer and Infanticide at 2012 Evangelical Philosophical Society Meeting in Milwaukee
June 18th, 2012 13 Comments
Every November there is about a two week period in America where a number of professional academic conferences are held where the best of the best in the field gather. For the last two years Matt has been either accepted or invited to speak at them (I was accepted to speak at them last year […]
Tags: Evangelical Philosophical Society · Infanticide · Milwaukee · Peter Singer
Thinking Matters Youth Conference
February 16th, 2012 2 Comments
This Saturday is the first, of hopefully many, Thinking Matters Youth Conference, the schedule is below. I am leading a breakout session on Moral Relativism WHEN: Saturday, February 18 WHERE: Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Rd, Greenlane, Auckland COST: $10 Schedule: 10am Registration 10.30am Jeff Tallon – Is Science a Threat to Faith? 11.30am Sean […]
Tags: Apologetics · God and Morality · Relativism · Thinking Matters · Tim McGrew
Back from San Francisco: A Belated Report
February 3rd, 2012 2 Comments
MandM has been quite of late, this is because Madeleine and I have been very busy. With moving house in the midst of Christmas and New Years and Madeleine working part-time in a law firm and so on, we’ve had little time to blog. We are now set up, to some extent, and so this […]
Tags: Biblioblog · David Baggett · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Jerry Walls · Paul Copan · Publication; San Francisco · Society of Biblical Literature · Walter Sinnott-Armstrong · William Lane Craig
Hear Matthew Flannagan speak on Moral Relativism, Get a Feed and Watch the All Blacks take on Argentina this Sunday
October 5th, 2011 7 Comments
Matt will be speaking on Moral Relativism this Sunday as part of Massey Presbyterian Church’s (“MPC”) night service. His talk will look at what it is, what reasons people have for adopting it and why we should be concerned about its pervasiveness in society. The style of talk is interactive so bring your questions. After the service, […]
Tags: All Blacks · Events · Massey Presbyterian Church · Relativism · Rugby
“Why I am (not) an Atheist” Hear Madeleine speak @ Auckland University on Monday
September 30th, 2011 13 Comments
The Reason and Science Society and Evangelical Union are getting together on Monday to discuss why they believe what they do about God and related things during RSS’ regular meeting time. Any and all are welcome to come and listen and join in the discussion. Three University of Auckland students representing each club (including this […]
Tags: Evangelical Union · Events · Reason and Science Society
Hear Matt’s EPS Apologetics Conference Paper in Advance & Eat 3 Courses for $10 – This Weekend in Auckland
September 26th, 2011 1 Comment
We are going to the United States in November to, between us, give 4 talks to 4 different conferences that we have been invited to speak at (details below). We need to raise the funds to get there and so far we have raised about half of what we need thanks to the generosity of readers […]
Tags: Apologetics · Evangelical Philosophical Society · Mad | Food · Massey Presbyterian Church · Problem of Evil · San Francisco · South Bend
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.
