Just a reminder about tonight’s debate. The basic details are below, More info here: Bradley v Flannagan Debate @ Auckland Uni “Is God the Source of Morality?” and here at the University of Auckland Event Page.
Entries from July 31st, 2010
“Is God the Source of Morality?” Debate @ Auckland Uni on Monday
July 31st, 2010 9 Comments
Tags: Debates · Matthew Flannagan · Raymond Bradley
CANCELLED Is belief in God rational when you can’t prove God exists? @ Unitec
July 30th, 2010 13 Comments
THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED – sorry all! We are working with the organisers to reschedule it (apparently something went wrong with the on campus promotion). Matt is speaking on the topic “Is belief in God rational when you can’t prove that God exists?” at 12pm, Thursday 5 August in the Gold Lecture Theatre on the […]
Tags: Encounter Christian Centre · Faith and Reason · Unitec · Unitec Student Life
Auckland Bloggers Drinks – First Thursday in August
July 27th, 2010 26 Comments
On the first Thursday of every month bloggers who happen to be in Auckland gather for the B3 (Bloggers Bar Bash). What: Auckland Bloggers Drinks When: Thursday 5 August from 6.30pm Where: Galbraiths, 2 Mt Eden Road, Mt Eden, Auckland Who: Bloggers, blog readers, blog trolls Past blogging celebrities in attendance include bloggers, blog readers and […]
Tags: Bloggers Drinks
Middleton Grange, Free Exercise and the Gay Rights Movement UPDATED
July 26th, 2010 284 Comments
Over at GayNZ.com’s Proclamations of the Red Queen blog, Craig Young is in a celebratory mood. Middleton Grange, a Reformed Evangelical Christian school has been forced by law to pay reparations and have their management undergo “human rights education” because they dismissed a netball coach on the grounds that he openly engaged in homosexual conduct. Middleton […]
Tags: Craig Young · Free Exercise · Freedom of Religion · GayNZ.com · Homosexual Conduct · Human Rights · Human Rights Commission · Middleton Grange · Rights and Freedoms
Forum on the Family 2010
July 25th, 2010 8 Comments
This year’s Family First Forum on the Family is almost upon us. On Friday 6 August 2010 people will converge on the Life Convention Centre in Auckland and listen to various speakers, participate in discussion, down coffee, eat yummy food and network on issues surrounding policies that affect families. Matt and I have been going […]
Tags: Aric Sigman · Bob McCoskrie · Family First · Forum on the Family · Judy Bailey · Melinda Tankard Reist · Tuhoe Isaac
Epistemology 101: Clash of Authorities Part III
July 24th, 2010 26 Comments
This three-part blog series is essentially the talk I gave at the recent Clearing the Air Forum, which was entitled “Discovering Truth in the Synthesis of Science and Faith.” The audience was comprised of scientists, church leaders, journalists and other interested parties so this is a fairly lay introduction to epistemology. In my first post, […]
Tags: AGW · Alvin Plantinga · Climate Change · Epistemology · Faith and Reason · Science and Religion · Scientism
Hear Matt Preach on Acts
July 22nd, 2010 6 Comments
Matt will be preaching on a passage in the Book of Acts (he is still working on which passage) at our sister church, Riverhead Presbyterian on the corner of Arthur and Gt North Rds, Riverhead, Auckland at the 10am service this Sunday 25 July. It is a small congregation and a wee bit of a […]
Tags: Acts · Preaching · Riverhead Presbyterian Church