In November Matt flew to Marietta, Atlanta, Georgia and delivered a talk entitled “God and the Genocide of the Canaanites” for the Evangelical Philosophical Society’s (“EPS”) annual meeting. Matt’ talk is now available to download over here at the EPS website for the very low price of $1.99 USD.
The EPS have made available for download, all of the great teaching from the their popular EPS-Sponsored conferences from 2003 to the present:
- 2010 Set Forth Your Case
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta, Georgia - 2009 Come Let Us Reason Together
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana - 2008 Earnestly Contending
New Life Worship Center, Smithfield, RI - 2007 Reasonable Faith in an Uncertain World
College Avenue Baptist Church, San Diego, CA - 2006 Loving God With All your Mind
McLean Bible Church, Vienna, VA - 2005 Reason for the Hope Within
Branch Creek Community Church, Valley Forge, PA - 2004 To Everyone an Answer
Parkhills Baptist Church, San Antonio, TX - 2003 Set Forth Your Case
Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, Marietta, Georgia
RELATED POSTS:
Joshua and the Genocide of the Canaanites Part I
Joshua and the the Genocide of the Canaanites Part II
Did God Command Genocide in the Old Testament?
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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.
I’m finishing a remix of his talk, I’ll publish it soon. Look out for the title ‘God and the Genocide of the Canaanites: Flannagan V Daft Punk Remix’
Sounds interesting Richard.
What? How have you heard it yet?
The concept Richard, not the actual remix thingy.
Oh I see, I would hate to have someone wikileak my personal files.
Does that happen to you much?
No, not at all. Noone really cares about a loser like myself.
It doesn’t happen to me either – maybe we are not important enough!
Count yourself lucky! I’m sure there would be a few embassing emails, letters, articles floating around in the MandM datebase that you don’t want to see that light of day.
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