At the start of the Sermon on the Mount, Christ states, “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfil them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of […]
Entries from May 31st, 2009
Sunday Study: Did Christ Abolish the Old Testament Law? Part I
May 31st, 2009 8 Comments
Tags: Old Testament Ethics · Sunday Study · Theology
How to Insert StumbleUpon into your Blogger Footer
May 30th, 2009 6 Comments
If someone Stumbles your blog it can bring a lot of traffic to your site so it is a good idea to make it easier for visitors to your site to Stumble it. But have you ever tried to add a StumbleUpon button to your Blogger template only to find that the instructions are impossible […]
Tags: Cross-Post · StumbleUpon · Tech-Tips
Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
May 29th, 2009 Comments Off on Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
A popular view of ethics holds that actions are right or wrong only if a person or a community believes that they are right or wrong, and that it is inappropriate to apply your own standards to others. This position is known as moral relativism. In this talk Matt will look at the common arguments for relativism, argue that relativism is a mistaken view of ethics and show how relativism fails.
Tags: Announcements · Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Video of Matthew Flannagan on Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith
May 28th, 2009 6 Comments
Matt spoke at the Thinking Matters Auckland Launch on 8 March 2009 on Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith. If you missed it or wish to see it again or if you have been thinking about attending a Thinking Matters seminar or booking Matt as a speaker and you are not sure if he […]
Tags: Apologetics · Faith and Reason · MandM on Video · Pluralism · Problem of Evil · Thinking Matters
Tooley, Plantinga and the Deontological Argument from Evil Part II
May 27th, 2009 13 Comments
In my last post, Tooley, Plantinga and the Deontological Argument from Evil Part I, I sketched Tooley’s distinction between a deontological and an axiological argument from evil and argued that Tooley rejects the axiological version because it rests on controversial ethical claims that are likely to be rejected by many theists. I outlined Tooley’s deontological […]
Tags: Alvin Plantinga · Atheism · Divine Command Theory · Michael Tooley · Philosophy of Religion · Problem of Evil · William Alston
Theology Geek NZ
May 26th, 2009 Comments Off on Theology Geek NZ
Check out Theology Geek NZ; an online theological community complete with forums and a blog which is largely a syndication of some of New Zealand’s best protestant Christian blogs including yours truly. Add it to your blogroll and rss feeds today.
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Tuesday Night: The Moral Cosmological Argument
May 25th, 2009 Comments Off on Tuesday Night: The Moral Cosmological Argument
Don’t forget tomorrow night’s event from the Thinking Matters Auckland series on God, Morality and Society, Trevor Mander speaking on The Moral Cosmological Argument:
Tags: Events · Thinking Matters
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.
