By: Jason|31 August, 2011|Categories: Audio . Philosophy|Tags: Events . faith and reason . Naturalism . problem of evil . Trent Dougherty
Last month, we had the privilege of hosting Christian Philosopher Trent Dougherty in Tauranga for two events on the problem of evil. Here is the audio from those talks: Does faith make sense given the horrendous evil we see in the world around us? In this lecture, Trent offers guidelines for the integration of faith and reason and how to…
Read more »By: Jason|30 August, 2011|Categories: Quotes|Tags: anti-intellectualism . Holy Spirit . intellectual life . John Stott . Truth
John R. W. Stott in “Biblical Expositions” (The Anglican Communion and Scripture), page 27. [Source: Joseph E. Gorra]
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Read more »By: Jason|27 August, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: character of God . God . God's attributes . holiness of God . r.c. sproul . Video
R. C. Sproul’s 1985 book The Holiness of God is considered a modern classic on the topic of God’s character. Even today, Sproul’s thoughts on holiness contain important insights into a subject that can often seem distant and hard to comprehend. While no attribute of God can be neglected without cost, the Biblical portrait of God and redemptive history are…
Read more »By: Jason|27 August, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: Biblical Interpretation . difficult passages of the Bible . exegesis . The Bible
InterVarsity Press have added a helpful feature to their site: each day they are posting an entry from their book Hard Sayings of the Bible. Check it out at http://www.ivpress.com/hardsay/
Read more »By: Jason|25 August, 2011|Categories: Video|Tags: auckland university . Events . Glenn Peoples . Madeleine Flannagan . Matt Flannagan . religion in public life
The video from our recent panel discussion with Matt Flannagan, Glenn Peoples, and Madeleine Flannagan on religion in the public square is now available. Here’s Part 1 of 11 (or you can watch the created playlist here): Special thanks to Stuart for recording, editing, and uploading the video. The event took place at Auckland University and was co-sponsored by the…
Read more »By: Jason|25 August, 2011|Categories: Quotes|Tags: agnosticism . Christianity . G. K. Chesterton . joy . sorrow . worship
–G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (page 138).
Read more »By: Jason|24 August, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: Evangelicalism . Hell . Joe Fleener . judgment . salvation . universalism . unreached . wrath
Here is the audio from last month’s panel discussion between Joe Fleener and Bryan Winters on universalism and the Christian understanding of salvation: (please right click and save as) The exchange took place at Bethlehem Community Church, Tauranga, with Bryan defending universalism and Joe defending the traditional Christian approach. Special thanks to Rodney for organizing the audio. If you would…
Read more »By: Jason|24 August, 2011|Categories: Quotes|Tags: David Wells . evangelical . God . Truth
–David Wells, God in the Wasteland: The Reality of Truth in a World of Fading Dreams (page 30).
Read more »By: Jason|24 August, 2011|Categories: Apologetics|Tags: Canaanite campaign . Lee Strobel . OT ethics . Paul Copan
Lee Strobel interviews Paul Copan about his new book, Is God a Moral Monster?: Making Sense of the Old Testament God.
Read more »By: Jason|22 August, 2011|Categories: History|Tags: Mark Keown . reliability of the NT
The following post has been written by Mark Keown, New Testament lecturer at Laidlaw College and author of What’s God Up To On Planet Earth?. He has kindly given us permission to reprint it here. I have been doing some research on Nero looking for data that might help in the interpretation of Philippians, which I believe should be placed…
Read more »Here are a few notable book reviews published in the last week or so. For more reading, check out the latest issue of Themelios, which has a nice collection of reviews. Apologetics Philosophy Science Theology
Read more »By: Jason|21 August, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: biblical authority . Biblical Interpretation . Homosexuality . Robert Gagnon . sexual ethics . word of God
Here is an updated version of Robert Gagnon’s response to Jennifer Knust’s CNN Belief Blog post on the Bible and homosexuality. Gagnon is one of the leading evangelical scholars on the subject and his discussion of what the Bible has to say about homosexuality and same sex relationships is well worth digesting. HT: Chris Reese
Read more »By: Jason|21 August, 2011|Categories: Theology|Tags: Canaanite campaign . Imad Shehadeh . jihad . judgment . Old Testament ethics . Old Testament War . sin
Imad Shehadeh (Professor of Theology at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary) puts forward several reasons why we should distinguish God’s OT command to kill the Canaanites from qur’anic Jihad: From his review of Allah: A Christian Response (Themelios Volume 36, Issue 2, Aug 2011).
Read more »By: Jason|19 August, 2011|Categories: Quotes|Tags: Apologetics . C. S. Lewis . culture . plausibility structures
For Christians, it is not only important to demonstrate why Christianity is true, but how it makes sense of everything else.
Read more »By: Jason|17 August, 2011|Categories: science|Tags: causality . Creation . creator . Edgar Andrews . origin of the universe . Stephen Hawking . Victor Stenger
Professor Edgar Andrews offers several reasons to doubt the claim that the universe arose without the intervention of a supernatural creator.
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