By: Rodney|14 May, 2013|Categories: About . Thinking Matters . Thinking Matters Tauranga|Tags: Apologetics . Rodney Lake . Thinking Matters Tauranga
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Wednesday 22nd May 2013 Why Thinking Matters? An introduction to Apologetics SPEAKER: Rodney Lake WHEN: 7:30pm Wednesday 22nd May 2013 WHERE: Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem, Tauranga. COST: Free – so bring a friend! In this live presentation Rodney introduces the idea of Apologetics and makes a case for why it matters in our Christian walk. He makes both…
Read more »By: Rodney|25 March, 2013|Categories: Events . Practical Engagement . Thinking Matters Tauranga|Tags: Stand to Reason . tactics . Tauranga
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There are two aspects of Christian defence. The first deals with content, offering specific responses to particular questions and challenges. The second deals with the techniques of using this information – tactics in defending the faith – and focuses on style, strategy and method. Thinking Matters Tauranga is running a 6 week couse that covers the second aspect, giving a…
Read more »By: Rodney|07 March, 2013|Categories: Evil & Suffering . Thinking Matters Tauranga . Video|Tags: Amy Hall . problem of evil
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Amy discusses why it is reasonable to believe that God permits evil.
Read more »Here is the trailer for some new material coming out from Focus on the Family from the TrueU team: TrueU 3 – Who is Jesus of Nazareth? – Trailer Due out October this year. Make sure you are subscribed to our mailing list here so we can let you know about any screenings as they are organised.
Read more »By: Rodney|25 February, 2013|Categories: Thinking Matters|Tags: Brett Kunkle . Speaking Tour
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In this podcast recording brett recounts some of the highlights from his trip to New Zealand (in September last year) and shares some thoughts about the need for apologetics: Highlights & Insights from New Zealand – Brett Kunkle (mp3) You can subscribe to Brett’s Podcast – and others – from Stand to Reason podcast page here.
Read more »By: Rodney|16 November, 2012|Categories: Creation & Evolution . intelligent design . Thinking Matters Tauranga|Tags: Apologetics . Christianity . Creation . Evangelism . evolution . existence of God . intelligent design . new atheism
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Intelligent Design scholar Dr. Thomas Woodward (Wikipedia) will be visiting Tauranga for a few days in the second week of December 2012. Qualifications Dr. Woodward is Research Professor at Trinity College of Florida in Tampa Bay, where he has taught for 23 years. He has spoken on the topic of evolution, Intelligent Design and the existence of God at over…
Read more »By: Rodney|20 August, 2012|Categories: Events . Local . Thinking Matters . Thinking Matters Tauranga
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Stand to Reason / Life Training Institute Apologetics Speaker Tour September 2012 Brett, Jay and Amy are three dynamic and experienced communicators who engage both the heart and mind, leaving audiences challenged and inspired and we are proud to be hosting them for a 10 day tour in September. Brett and Jay speak to thousands of adults and students at…
Read more »Exploring CHRISTIANITY and TRUTH in a “whatever” world This conference is part of a series of events where Brett Kunkle and Amy Watts from Stand to Reason, and Jay Watts from Life Training Institute are speaking in New Zealand. See here for a list of all their speaking engagements. Can we still know what is true? How does truth matter to…
Read more »By: Rodney|20 August, 2012|Categories: Events . Local . Thinking Matters . Thinking Matters Tauranga
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An afternoon of training from three world class speakers from America This conference is part of a series of events where Brett Kunkle and Amy Watts from Stand to Reason, and Jay Watts from Life Training Institute are speaking in New Zealand. See here for a list of all their public speaking engagements. Brett, Jay and Amy are warm and…
Read more »By: Rodney|23 April, 2012|Categories: Apologetics . Biblical Criticism . Events . Thinking Matters Tauranga . Video
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Next week Thinking Matters Tauranga is starting a new series titled Is the Bible Reliable? Building the Historic Case. Is the Bible a book of myths and fairy tales, or is it a book of history and truth? This DVD series provides a thorough overview of major archaeological and historical discoveries that demonstrate the veracity and accuracy of the Bible. This…
Read more »By: Rodney|17 January, 2012|Categories: Apologetics . Quotes|Tags: Apologetics . Reasonable Faith . william lane craig . Youth
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An Excerpt from the 3rd Edition of Reasonable Faith by William Lane Craig: In high school and college Christian teenagers are intellectually assaulted with every manner of non-Christian worldview coupled with an over-whelming relativism. If parents are not intellectually engaged with their faith and do not have sound arguments for Christian theism and good answers to their children’s questions, then…
Read more »By: Rodney|06 August, 2011|Categories: Events . News . Thinking Matters|Tags: Apologetics . Events . Tauranga . Thinking Matters Youth . Youth
Thinking Matters Tauranga and Holy Trinity Tauranga have partnered together to produce a new fortnightly apologetics series for young people called “Thinking Matters in a Whatever World”. The series runs from August to December and is hosted at Holy Trinity, Cnr 3rd Ave and Cameron Rd, Tauranga (New Zealand). For more info see here. To be kept up to date…
Read more »By: Rodney|10 July, 2009|Categories: Apologetics . Local . Thinking Matters
Last night I presented the talk ‘Is the New Atheism Reasonable?’ at Thinking Matters Tauranga. It was split into two parts – the first was a bit of worldview and epistemology and the second more social commentary and history to refute the New Atheist claim that Christianity is somehow bloodthirsty. To start my presentation, I looked at the question of…
Read more »Last night at Thinking Matters Tauranga we had Dr Jeff Tallon present on Astronomy and the Bible. This was the last event in our “Faith & Science” series and we had 111 people turn up – a very good turn out. The feedback after this event (and his presentation from 8 weeks ago) has been very positive, so I hope…
Read more »On the 12th May, Thinking Matters Tauranga had Dr Graeme Finlay present on Evolution and Faith. This was a presentation on Theistic Evolution which certainly got people thinking, and challenged many of us with some evidence for evolution from the field of Gene Science (Graeme holds a PhD in Cell Biology, and a Bachelor of Theology). The feedback thus-far has…
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