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Entries from March 31st, 2013

Easter Sunday: Contemplating the Resurrection Accounts

March 31st, 2013 2 Comments

Matt preached the Easter Sunday message at Takanini Community Church this morning. Listen to his message  “Contemplating the Resurrection Accounts” online or download it as an MP3. (Read Matthew 28:1-15 first.) Related post: Good Friday: The Ritual of Contemplating the Cross

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Good Friday: The Ritual of Contemplating the Cross

March 29th, 2013 1 Comment

Matt preached the Good Friday message at Takanini Community Church this morning. Listen to his message  “The Ritual of Contemplating the Cross” online or download it as an MP3. (Read John 19 first.) Related post: Good Friday: Why Celebrate Easter?

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Why Defend Christianity? Hear Matthew Flannagan speak on Thursday

March 28th, 2013 2 Comments

Matt is speaking for Thinking Matters on the topic Why Defend Christianity? This coming Thursday, from the Facebook Event: “The Christian faith seems increasingly at odds with those in the world around us. From the media, to skeptical teachers and unbelieving peers, the gospel seems irrelevant and out of date. How do we talk to […]

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Flannagan v ACC: 5 Years on, an Update

March 23rd, 2013 5 Comments

On Tuesday 26 March 2013 it will be 5 years since I was in a car accident that destroyed a cervical disc and saw me need surgery to have an artificial disc inserted and which left me with an ongoing pain condition and a habit of dropping things and having tingly episodes in my hands – still! […]

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Yet Another Lawyer Agrees: Marriage Amendment Act Bill is an Affront to Freedom of Religion and Belief

March 13th, 2013 22 Comments

Barrister Ian Bassett has given another opinion describing the risks to freedom of religion and belief of Louisa Wall’s Marriage Amendment Act Bill if it is enacted in its presently proposed form, which would include this amendment: “Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), no celebrant who is a minister of religion recognised by a religious […]

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Hear Matt Speak at Stayin’ Alive Pro Life Training Day

March 11th, 2013 43 Comments

The Autumn 2013 Stayin’ Alive Pro-Life Training Day will be held in Christchurch this Saturday 16 March 2013. Matt will be speaking twice. 8:15am Rego’s and tea & coffee (YouTube videos in main hall) 9:00am Introduction, housekeeping, and ice breaker (people bingo) 09:30am session: ‘Relativism, Utilitarianism and Abortion’ – Dr Matthew Flannagan 10:30am Morning tea break 10:50am […]

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Tom Wright on Hypocrisy: Catholic Church Sex Scandals, the Media and Jimmy Savile

March 9th, 2013 7 Comments

N T Wright, theologian and research professor at St Andrews University, tells the British media a few home truths about  hypocrisy and faux moral outrage. I listened in disbelief as John Humphrys interviewed Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor on Radio 4’s Today programme this week. Surely, he said, like a headmaster addressing an errant teenager, if highly placed people knew about […]

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