The Sunday study for this week should be online tomorrow. I have written the draft and am just waiting on my editor and proof reader the beautiful and talented Madeleine Flannagan to go over it. Madeleine has an exam tomorrow and so has been extremely busy. I also plan to start blogging more regularly again […]
Entries from June 14th, 2009
Defamation of the Acquitted – Some Advice
June 12th, 2009 2 Comments
Due to the presumption of innocence we are all supposed to accord an accused following a not guilty verdict, please do take care in suggesting and stating any disagreement you might have in regard to a court’s decision. Defamation is a real possibility in such instances and the defamed can sue the blog/site owner, in […]
Tags: Justice
David Bain 111 Call "I Shot the Prick" – Court Decisions Available Online UPDATED AGAIN
June 11th, 2009 3 Comments
Did David Bain tell the 111 operator “I shot the prick” on discovering the dead bodies of his family? This evidence was originally suppressed “until completion of the re-trial” as, per Wilson J, The probative value of the disputed sounds is very modest, but the risk of prejudice resulting from their introduction into the trial […]
Tags: Jurisprudence · Justice
Tonight – Mt Albert Backbenches
June 10th, 2009 Comments Off on Tonight – Mt Albert Backbenches
David Farrar will be live blogging from a Mt Albert meet the candidates function at the Neighbourhood Brew Bar, 498 New North Road at 9 pm – though he advises to get there early to get a good seat.
Tags: Mt Albert By-Election
Video of Dr Glenn Peoples speaking on Religion in the Public Square
June 10th, 2009 Comments Off on Video of Dr Glenn Peoples speaking on Religion in the Public Square
If you missed Dr Glenn Peoples speaking on Religion in the Public Square for Thinking Matters Auckland you can now watch it online.
Tags: Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Tonight: Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
June 9th, 2009 Comments Off on Tonight: Dr Matthew Flannagan on Moral Relativism
Don’t forget tonight’s event from the Thinking Matters Auckland series on God, Morality and Society, Dr Matthew Flannagan speaking on Moral Relativism at Laidlaw College at 7pm. Not sure if its your thing? Check out the video of Matt’s talk Apologetics: Answering Objections to the Christian Faith. See you there 🙂
Tags: Announcements · Apologetics · Events · Thinking Matters
Sunday Study: Did Christ Abolish the Old Testament Law? Part 2
June 7th, 2009 8 Comments
As I concluded in Sunday Study: Did Christ Abolish the Old Testament Law? Part I , the Apostles rejected the claim that, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”[1] Following Peters position, they decide that Gentiles do not have to follow the Mosaic Law; instead it is affirmed, It […]
Tags: Old Testament Ethics · Sunday Study · Theology
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.
