In my last post, What About the Poor? Sustenance Rights Examined, I noted the position of Nicholas Wolterstorff that, “If a rich man knows of someone who is starving and has the power to help that person, and chooses not to, then he violates that person’s rights as surely and reprehensively as if he had […]
Entries Tagged as 'Theology'
What About the Poor? More on Sustenance Rights
November 19th, 2008 9 Comments
Tags: Christian History · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Role of the State · Welfare
What About the Poor? Sustenance Rights Examined
November 18th, 2008 4 Comments
When I began university I had strong socialist leanings. The reason was that I believed, as a Christian, we had a duty to help the poor. Studying at Waikato University, however, brought me face to face with socialist academics and left-wing activists and I discovered a hostile and dangerous social agenda that I could not […]
Tags: Christian History · Nicholas Wolterstorff · Role of the State · Welfare
Some Autobiographical Remarks: How I Discovered Christian Philosophy
October 23rd, 2008 6 Comments
Increasingly so of late, I find myself in conversations, in the receipt of email requests or blog comments asking where to begin and how to expand one’s Christian philosophical understanding. I have been asked to recommend books and places to study and to share my own journey in this area. I started my studies at […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Apologetics · Bruce Reichenbach · Faith and Reason · Paul Helm · Philosophy of Religion · Richard Swinburne · Steve Kumar · Thomas Morris · William Lane Craig
Answering the New Atheism: Invitation to a Thinking Matters Event
October 23rd, 2008 2 Comments
Taken from Thinking Matters – Events & Announcements: Answering the New Atheism Dr Steve Kumar Dip Theo, BA, M Div, PhD When: Tuesday 28 October Time: 7.30 – 9.30pm Where: Bethlehem Community Church Center – 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem Cost: Free Event Format: Live Presentation followed by Q&A and discussions In this presentation, Dr Kumar […]
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Steve Kumar · Thinking Matters
Guest Post: Laidlaw College’s Mark Strom Responds to Critics
October 21st, 2008 14 Comments
Some weeks ago I wrote a review on the launch of Laidlaw College. I commented on the new vision for the future and my own reflections and frustrations of studying at its previous incarnation, Bible College of New Zealand. The comments section of this post saw the eruption of strong sentiment and criticism of Laidlaw […]
Tags: BCNZ · Guest Post · Laidlaw College · Mark Strom

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.





A Voting Guide
November 7th, 2008 13 Comments
How to choose who to vote for tomorrow, from Glenn (once again – what can we say? he is brilliant and we ran out of time *ahem*) Extract from: So who AM I voting for? (the election blog, part 3) Basic Human rights/freedomsThere are some bottom line human rights and liberties that should always be […]
Tags: ACT Party · Christian Parties · Due Process · Elections · Glenn Peoples · National Party · Rights and Freedoms · Role of the State · Welfare