Monthly Archives: July 2006

Brief Thoughts on Redemptive Historical Preaching

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Cornelis Pronk’s articles on ‘Preaching in the Dutch Calvinist Tradition’ (part 1, part 2) deal with the debate between the advocates of redemptive historical preaching and the advocates of exemplary preaching in the Netherlands. It is claimed that Dr. Klaas … Continue reading →

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Seen in China

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Alastair Roberts
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Lectures Update

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I have listened to the next two parts in Alan Strange’s critique of the Federal Vision and it is woefully poor. A number of his criticisms fall so wide of the mark that I am almost embarrassed for him. Take, … Continue reading →

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Tom Wright and Reactions

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

A very helpful post by Joel Garver.

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Thoughts on Lectures

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This morning, while I was working, I listened to a couple of lectures. The first was a lecture by James Jordan, entitled ‘Rethinking Evangelism’. It was helpful, even though the points that he made are quite familiar to me by … Continue reading →

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40 Years Ago Today…

Posted on July 30, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

…England won the World Cup. Can we stop talking about it now? Please?

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An Amazing Performance

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

What a spectacular achievement! I never expected to see the highest partnership in first-class cricket record broken. Mahela Jayawardene’s personal total was the fourth highest ever in Test cricket. I wonder how he is feeling tonight — satisfied with his … Continue reading →

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Mars Hill Audio Podcast

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Thought-provoking podcasts from Mars Hill [HT: Peter Leithart]. I would also highly recommend the CD Bonus Selections on the Mars Hill Audio website. A lot of good material for free.

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Book Meme

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

From Faith and Theology comes yet another book meme:— 1. One book that changed your life: The Gospel according to St. John 2. One book that you’ve read more than once: John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion 3. One … Continue reading →

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Comments

Posted on July 26, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

If any of you have had trouble getting your comments to appear over the last few days, don’t worry. At the moment I am having all sorts of spam problems and have decided to only permit comments from authors who … Continue reading →

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