Here is a talk I gave on the Beatitudes a few weeks ago.
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The Beatitudes: Part One
October 14th, 2025 Comments Off on The Beatitudes: Part One
Tags: Bible · Sermon on the Mount · Sermons
To Judge or not to Judge: Part Two
August 27th, 2025 Comments Off on To Judge or not to Judge: Part Two
Below is the second part of a talk I delivered at Crossroads Presbyterian Church. 3. What Did Jesus Mean So if Jesus did not command us to refrain from judging others, what does he teach in this passage? I think Jesus is not, in this passage, telling us to “not judge.” He is instead telling […]
Tags: Judging · Sermon on the Mount · Sermons
To Judge or not to Judge?: Part One
August 25th, 2025 Comments Off on To Judge or not to Judge?: Part One
Below is part one of a sermon I presented at Crossroads Presbyterian Church in Pokeno. “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. 2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. 3 “Why do you look at […]
Tags: Judging · Sermon on the Mount · Sermons
“Is Jesus the only Way?” talk at Newhope Community Church
November 8th, 2022 Comments Off on “Is Jesus the only Way?” talk at Newhope Community Church
www.youtube.com/watch?v=supnuxvRXZc
Recently, I gave a talk at New Hope Community Church in East Auckland. This talk was on the topic “Is Jesus the only way? I attach it here.
Tags: Exclusivism · Faith and Reason · Pluralism
Matt Speaks at Orewa Community Church.
September 27th, 2021 Comments Off on Matt Speaks at Orewa Community Church.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp9rW8t6MWQ&t=3s&ab_channel=OrewaCommunityChurch
I was scheduled to speak on the topic “The Holy Spirit teaches” at Orewa Community Church on Sunday September the 26th. Because the government ordered New Zealand into lockdown six weeks ago, and has maintained Auckland in lockdown since, I had to do the message in an ad hoc manner by video. The message is […]
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The question “Why Be Moral?” and the book of Proverbs.
January 12th, 2021 1 Comment
I gave a brief talk at Orewa Community Church on 10 January 2020. The talk was part of a short series OCC are doing on the book of proverbs. It is available here.
Hear Matt’s Three Talks on “Questions People ask”
October 29th, 2015 Comments Off on Hear Matt’s Three Talks on “Questions People ask”
Recently Matt spoke at Orewa Community Church, as part of their series on “Questions People ask”. His three talks: “How can there be just one religion?”, “How does God allow suffering?”, and “Hasn’t Science disproved Christianity?” are all available to listen online to here.
Tags: Apologetics · Pluralism · Problem of Evil · Science and Religion · Sermons
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.
