Easter can be annoying. My kids all want chocolate, hot cross buns sold out and Matt brought crumpets home from the supermarket instead, people who don’t normally have any time for Christianity normally suddenly must go to church whilst some of my Christian friends refuse to let their children eat chocolate or even celebrate because [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Christian History'
Jesus, Hot Cross Buns, Easter Eggs, Ishtar and Constantine: Is Easter Pagan? Tim McGrew says No!
April 6th, 2012 24 Comments
Tags: Constantine · Easter · Ishtar · Pat Brittenden · Radio Rhema · Tim McGrew
Jesus: The Cold Case a Guest Post by Glenn Peoples
July 27th, 2011 18 Comments
Glenn Peoples shares his thoughts on TV One’s recent episode Jesus: The Cold Case. Like a number of others tonight I have just watched Jesus: The Cold Case on TV One, presented by Bryan Bruce. Here are my thoughts on what I have seen. First off, who is Bryan Bruce? Bryan Bruce is an award winning producer, [...]
Tags: Glenn Peoples · Guest Post · Historical Apologetics · Historical Ignorance · Jesus The Cold Case · TV One
Contra Mundum: Religion and Violence
June 1st, 2011 40 Comments
On 1 May 2011 the world received the news that Osama Bin Laden was dead; gunned down in Pakistan by an elite team of US Navy Seals. Even before his death Bin Laden had become a legendary persona. Not only was he a terrorist leader responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocents but he [...]
Tags: 9/11 · Alister McGrath · Christian History · Christopher Eberle · Contra Mundum · David Lindberg · Glenn Peoples · Historical Atrocities · Investigate Magazine · Jim Peron · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Osama Bin Laden · Regine Pernoud · Religion in Public Life · Religious History · Richard Wurmbrand · Ronald Numbers · Sam Harris · Terence Cuneo
John Lennox on the “Religion v Science” Myth
February 15th, 2011 272 Comments
John Lennox will arrive in Auckland in less than two weeks for his New Zealand tour. If you are not familiar with Lennox watch this video “The “Religion v Science” Myth.” In it Lennox examines the historically ignorant myth that religion is and always has been at odds with science. Details of Lennox’s upcoming New [...]
Tags: Historical Ignorance · John Lennox · Science and Religion · Urban Myths
Waitangi’s Christian Heritage
February 6th, 2011 No Comments
It is Waitangi Day in New Zealand today; the day where we remember the signing of the treaty of Waitangi in 1840. This morning at church I had the privilege of hearing a very interesting talk from my Pastor, Rev. Dr Stuart Lange about the lead up to the Treaty signing. Stuart is a church [...]
Tags: Christian History · Laidlaw College · New Zealand Christian Network · Samuel Marsden · Stuart Lange · Treaty of Waitangi · Waitangi Day · William Wilberforce
Did Hannibal of Carthage Exist?
January 12th, 2011 10 Comments
Historian James Hannam has written an entertaining article called “Satirising the Christ Myth.” The piece uses similar methods employed by those seeking to make the case for the claim that Jesus never existed to show that Hannibal of Carthage did not exist either. It is written in Hannam’s classicly witty yet accurate style; Did Hannibal Really Exist? To ask [...]
Tags: Carthage · Christ Myth · Hannibal · James Hannam
Moving Beyond CS Lewis?
January 6th, 2011 28 Comments
CS Lewis still provides a great read and he has been an important figure in my own journey of working out my faith. But I cringe a little when, as repeatedly happens, Christian people hear I’m into philosophy and science and such and they recommend I read the author of the Narnia books. I’ve been reading [...]
Tags: Church · CS Lewis · Narnia · Philosophy of Religion
A Refutation of Zeitgeist – The Movie
December 31st, 2010 6 Comments
Zeitgeist – The Movie is an internet phenomenon that has taken a lot of people in. I know several people who have seen it and have either been convinced by it or it has heavily rocked them. We’ve had commenters on this blog raising issues and asking questions which clearly have their roots in Zeitgeist. [...]
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Contra Mundum: In Defence of Santa
December 25th, 2010 37 Comments
I grasped the sponge, water dripped down my wrist as I took aim. The man from the McGillicuddy Serious Party raised his voice and said “now throw!” The sponge flew through the air from my hand and struck Santa solidly on the chest soaking his red costume. Santa laughed and said “throw another one!” It [...]
Tags: Contra Mundum · Investigate Magazine · McGillicuddy Serious Party · Nicholas of Myra · Santa
Tim McGrew’s Library of Historical Apologetics: Rediscovering Forgotten Defenders of the Faith
August 19th, 2010 16 Comments
Last year Timothy McGrew, Professor of Philosophy at Western Michigan University (and reader of and occasional commenter on this blog) was kind enough to ship us a hard-drive from the US filled with thousands of old theological works on the historical argument for the truth of Christianity. It is truly a gold-mine of information, which Matt gets himself [...]
Tags: Apologetics · Christian History · Craig Hazen · Gary Habermas · Historical Apologetics · Robert Stewart · Theology · Timothy McGrew · William Lane Craig
