It’s easy to go through life without asking the hard questions about what we believe and why. But when faced with a tragedy or the searching questions of a skeptic, we can feel defenseless and unprepared. It’s only when we patiently listen to our doubts and consider objections to our faith that we can start to provide grounds for our…
Read more »This is the first opening statement in a formal written debate between Stuart McEwing and Malcolm Trevena. The question of the debate is “Is the resurrection of Jesus fact or fiction?”
Read more »By: Bnonn|21 October, 2011|Categories: Apologetics . Debates|Tags: Apologetics . character assassination . existence of God . new atheism . propaganda . pure garbage . richard dawkins . smear tactics . spin-doctoring . william lane craig . WLC
Are Dawkins’ reasons for refusing to debate William Lane Craig good enough?
Read more »By: Jason|26 September, 2011|Categories: Events|Tags: Debates . Reasonable Faith . United Kingdom . william lane craig
Here’s the promotional trailer for Craig’s upcoming tour of the UK: The final details of the tour are still being arranged, but here’s the schedule as it presently stands: Monday 17th October 2011 7.30pm, Debate: “Does God Exist?“ Public Debate with Stephen Law (lecturer in Philosophy at Heythrop College, London and Editor of the magazine of the Royal Institute of…
Read more »By: Rodney|06 August, 2011|Categories: Events . News . Thinking Matters|Tags: Apologetics . Events . Tauranga . Thinking Matters Youth . Youth
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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: 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|14 July, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland university . event . Glenn Peoples . Madeleine Flannagan . Matt Flannagan . privatization . secularism
Every year the Christian campus groups at Auckland University host a week-long series of outreach events that focus on Jesus and Christianity. This year we’re pleased to be involved in an event examining the role of religious beliefs in the public arena. The event is open to the public, so if you’re in the Auckland area, you’re welcome to join…
Read more »By: Jason|11 July, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: Ethics . Glenn Pettigrove . John Hare . Mark Murphy . matthew flannagan . moral life . moral obligation . morality . theism
This July, those of us in Auckland will have the opportunity to hear some of the worlds leading Christian thinkers discuss the relationship between religion and morality. This issue is one that has long been the subject of debate in western culture. Some philosophers and social commentators argue that morality is entirely independent of religion and that faith is in fact…
Read more »By: Jason|07 July, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: atheism . evil . problem of evil . suffering . Trent Dougherty
This weekend, Christian Philosopher Trent Dougherty will be in Tauranga to speak at two events on the problem of evil and suffering. Here are the details: SATURDAY 9th July – 7pm: Faith & Reason in the face of Evil and Suffering Bethlehem Community Church, 183 Moffat Rd, Bethlehem, Tauranga What reasons can the Christian Faith give when faced with the…
Read more »This July in Tauranga, Joe Fleener and Bryan Winters will be discussing universalism and the Christian understanding of salvation. Both will be offering different perspectives, with Bryan defending universalism and Joe defending the traditional Christian approach.
Read more »By: Matt|14 June, 2011|Categories: Featured . Local . Theology|Tags: Iain Provan . Old Testament
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Iain Provan is coming to Auckland and will give a public talk on the topic: ‘Why Should we Read the Old Testament, and How?’ on Monday 4 July, 7pm to 9pm at Greenlane Christian Centre, 17 Marewa Road, Greenlane, Auckland.
Read more »By: Bnonn|20 April, 2011|Categories: Debates|Tags: Ken Perrott . moral epistemology . moral ontology . morality . new atheists . pz myers
Bnonn points out several flaws in the thinking of New Atheists PZ Myers and Ken Perrott in regards to the grounds of morality, and the recent debate between Wiliam Lane Craig and Sam Harris.
Read more »By: Jason|14 April, 2011|Categories: Debates|Tags: Divine Command Theory . metaethics . morality . Sam Harris . william lane craig
There has been some good analysis of the recent debate between William Lane Craig and Sam Harris and I thought it might be useful to collect some of that commentary here into one post.
Read more »By: Jason|08 April, 2011|Categories: Debates|Tags: Divine Command Theory . metaethics . morality . Sam Harris . william lane craig
Just a reminder that today’s debate between William Lane Craig and Sam Harris at the University of Notre Dame will be streamed live at 7pm local time (11am for those of us in New Zealand). You will be able to watch the feed here. UPDATE: Brian Auten at Apologetics315 has posted the audio from the debate. UPDATE: The video of…
Read more »By: Jason|29 March, 2011|Categories: Local|Tags: auckland university . debate . Lawrence Krauss . matthew flannagan . william lane craig
The Evangelical Union and the Reason and Science Society, along with Thinking Matters, will be streaming the upcoming debate between William Lane Craig and Lawrence Krauss at the University of Auckland on Thursday 31 March 1-3 pm. If you’re in the city and free for lunch, come along and join us for what should prove to be an interesting exchange.…
Read more »By: Jason|25 March, 2011|Categories: Events|Tags: debate . Lawrence Krauss . Sam Harris . william lane craig
Christian philosopher William Lane Craig will be participating in two big debates at the end of March and the beginning of April, and both will be streamed live over the web. For the first debate (March 30), Craig will be defending the evidence for God against Lawrence Krauss, a distinguished professor of physics and director of the Origins Initiative at…
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