The paperback version of the Kindle book, True Reason: Christian Responses to the Challenges of Atheism, which Matt wrote a chapter for, recently arrived from the publishers. This release has been re-released as True Reason: Confronting the Irrationality of the New Atheism (the link takes you to the book’s official website). True Reason is still edited by Tom […]
Entries Tagged as 'Theology'
True Reason: Confronting the Irrationality of the New Atheism – in Paperback
March 31st, 2014 2 Comments
Tags: Amazon · Carson Weitnauer · Chuck Edwards · David Marshall · David Wood · Glenn Sunshine · John DePoe · Matthew Flannagan · New Atheists · Peter Grice · Randy Hardman · Richard Dawkins · Sam Harris · Samuel Youngs · Tim McGrew · Tom Gilson · True Reason · William Lane Craig
Dialogue with Randal Rauser
March 13th, 2014 1 Comment
When I was in Baltimore last November I caught up with fellow theologian and blogger Randal Rauser. Randal is professor of Theology at Taylor Seminary in Edmonton Canada. Randal and I have had some spirited but cordial exchanges in the past, including a panel discussion at the Society of Biblical Literature in 2010.While we do not […]
Tags: Baltimore · Canaanites · Divine Command Theory · Old Testament Ethics · Randal Rauser
Matt to speak at the EPS Apologetics Conference in Baltimore on Morality and God’s Commands
November 12th, 2013 Comments Off on Matt to speak at the EPS Apologetics Conference in Baltimore on Morality and God’s Commands
This blog’s Matthew Flannagan has been invited to speak at the 12th Annual Apologetics Conference of the Evangelical Philosophical Society in Baltimore, USA. The theme of this year’s conference is Reasonable Faith in an Uncertain World. Matt’s talk is titled “Morality and God’s Commands: Answering Common Objections.” The blurb for Matt’s talk is as follows: “It is […]
Tags: Apologetics · Baltimore · Divine Command Theory · EPS Apologetics Conference · God and Morality
Hang in the MandM corner at Takanini Community Church’s “Messy Church” this Sunday
October 26th, 2013 2 Comments
As you know Matt is the teaching pastor at Takanini Community Church in Auckland. Our church has decided to try holding a Messy Church service once a month. The format is not like traditional church. It involves breakfast, a relaxed lounge-style teaching, family friendly craft tables and an MandM corner – complete with M&M’s and […]
In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture
October 25th, 2013 1 Comment
Another of the books Matt has contributed to arrived from the publisher’s today. In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture addresses and responds to the major contemporary challenges to the divine inspiration and authority of Scripture. It is edited by Steven B Cowan and Terry L Wilder and published by B&H Academic. The […]
Tags: Apologetics · Doug Geivett · Ethics · Genocide · In Defense of the Bible: A Comprehensive Apologetic for the Authority of Scripture · Mary-Jo Sharp · Paul Copan · Published · Steven B Cowan · Terry L Wilder · William A Dembski
Is it Arrogant to Claim Jesus is the Only Way?
October 12th, 2013 7 Comments
Last week I spoke at Massey Presbyterian Church on the topic “Is it arrogant to claim Jesus is the only way?” The following is an abridged version of the talk I gave. I was recently on a panel at Auckland University where an audience member raised the issue during the Q&A of religious pluralism. The issue […]
Matt to speak at the 2013 Evangelical Theological Society in Baltimore on Feticide
September 19th, 2013 3 Comments
This blog’s Matthew Flannagan has had his paper “Boonin’s Defense of the Sentience Criterion: A Critique” accepted for the 65th Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (“ETS”). The abstract for Matt’s paper is as follows: Abstract “Defenders of the permissibility of feticide commonly argue that killing an organism is not homicide unless the organism’s brain has […]
Tags: Abortion · Baltimore · David Boonin · ETS · Evangelical Theological Society · Feticide · Sentience
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.
