By: Bnonn|29 July, 2011|Categories: Resources|Tags: apologetics groups . other apologists . twitter
If you’re on Twitter and you’re looking for more good apologetics tweets, check out Eye on Apologetics’ comprehensive list of the best of the best apologetics twits. Or whatever they’re called. Tweeters. Twitterers. Who can keep up? Crazy kids.
Read more »John R. W. Stott went to be with the Lord early this morning (3:15 PM London time, 2:15 AM New Zealand time). Stott was one of the most influential evangelicals of the last century, leading an evangelical resurgence in England and shaping the faith of Christians worldwide through his writing and preaching. The news was announced on the the website…
Read more »By: Jason|28 July, 2011|Categories: Thinking Matters|Tags: abortion . debate . Madeleine Flannagan . pro-life
If you haven’t heard it already, this week’s episode of the UK radio show Unbelievable features a good debate between Madeleine Flannagan and Wendy Savage on the topic of abortion. Listen to the exchange here.
Read more »By: Jason|27 July, 2011|Categories: Apologetics|Tags: apologetic method . Apologetics . arguments . conversation . dialogue . Evangelism . evidence . tactics . witnessing
We often get questions about theology and apologetics sent to us by readers and we thought it would be helpful if we shared some of our answers to those questions on the blog. If you’ve got a question that you’d like us to address here, send it to thinknz@gmail.com along with your full name, city, and country. This week, one…
Read more »The CNN blog has a good post about the suspected killer’s religion and what role this might have played in motivating his actions.
Read more »By: Stuart|25 July, 2011|Categories: Documentary|Tags: Beretta . Bryan Bruce . Glenn Peoples . Jesus: the cold case
A damning and fairly comprehensive review of Brian Bruce’s TV documentary Jesus: The Cold Case by Dr. Glenn Peoples is available at Beretta-online.
Read more »By: Jason|23 July, 2011|Categories: Video|Tags: Billy Graham . interview . Woody Allen
It’s hard to imagine a more fascinating encounter. Two men, from worlds that couldn’t be further apart, met together on national television in front of a live audience. One, a New York comedian and playwright who, in many ways, represented a culture of nihilism, instant gratification, and neurotic self-focus. The other, a revivalist evangelical preacher born on a dairy farm…
Read more »By: Jason|21 July, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland university . Divine Command Theory . Ethics . John Hare
British classicist, ethicist, and Professor of Philosophical Theology at Yale Divinity School, John Hare will be participating at several public events next week (along with the God and Ethics panel on Tuesday). Hare is a widely acclaimed philosopher, best known for developing an account of the need for God’s assistance in meeting the demands of objective morality. If you’re looking…
Read more »By: Jason|21 July, 2011|Categories: Philosophy|Tags: causality . cosmological argument . Edward Feser . existence of God . first cause . science
Edward Feser: 1. The argument does NOT rest on the premise that “Everything has a cause.” 2. “What caused God?” is not a serious objection to the argument. 3. “Why assume that the universe had a beginning?” is not a serious objection to the argument. 4. “No one has given any reason to think that the First Cause is all-powerful,…
Read more »By: Jason|20 July, 2011|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Adam Omelianchuk . metaethics . moral epistemology . Sam Harris . science
Adam Omelianchuk has a nice review of Sam Harris’ latest book, The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Moral Values.
Read more »By: Jason|19 July, 2011|Categories: Books|Tags: exclusivism . externalism . Joseph Kim . Reformed Epistemology . religious diversity . Warrant
An individual confronted with the vast diversity of religious beliefs and practices in the world has four possible ways of making sense of this situation. The first is naturalism, the position that all religious beliefs are merely the product of human projection and therefore false. The second is pluralism, the idea that there is a single ultimate religious reality and all…
Read more »By: Jason|19 July, 2011|Categories: Evangelism|Tags: Evangelism . tracts . witnessing
Given the recent legal controversy over Christians passing out tracts at events, Christianity Today asks a group of pastors and evangelists if tracts, flyers, and street evangelism are still effective ways of bringing people to Christ. I found Bob Roberts’ answer to contain the most common sense: “Yes, if it isn’t distracting from the event. Yes, if it is done…
Read more »In a new book, John Lennox sets out to answer one of the most fiercely debated questions of our day.
Read more »By: Jason|15 July, 2011|Categories: Philosophy of Religion|Tags: blind faith . Faith . Paul Helm . problem of evil . Reasonable Faith
Paul Helm: Faith cannot be totally blind, a gamble in the face of infinite odds. Whatever doubts and risks may be associated with trust, faith, in order for it to be intelligible and defensible, must have some evidence going for it. And the point of Christianity (at least) is to hold that enough of the purposes of God can be…
Read more »By: Jason|15 July, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: Hell . judgment . Kevin DeYoung . punishment
Some wise counsel from Kevin DeYoung: “It’s never safe to dislike the truths God has revealed. We should actually like what the Bible teaches. We may struggle to get there–we may not immediately resonate with the hard parts of the Bible–but the goal is to get to the place where we can. The law of the Lord should be our delight.…
Read more »By: Stuart|14 July, 2011|Categories: Books|Tags: C. S. Lewis . Harry Potter . Incantational . Invocational . John Granger . Magic . occult . Witchcraft
The following is an excerpt from an excellent book How Harry Cast his Spell: The Meaning Behind the Mania for J. K. Rowling’s Bestselling Books, by John Granger. This book I recommend everyone should read. Sharing this particular excert was inspired by a discussion on the witchcraft and magic that features in the Harry Potter stories, and why Christians should avoid it.
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