Monthly Archives: March 2007

Outside the Castle in St. Andrews

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Alastair Roberts
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Lenten Guest Post – Day 15 – He Healed Them All

Posted on March 9, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

And he came down with them and stood on a level place, with a great crowd of his disciples and a great multitude of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to … Continue reading →

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Lenten Guest Post – Day 14 – Walk With Me a Mile

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

After watching a film on the life of Dietrich Bonheoffer a few days ago, the question of violence has been tugging insistently at my heart. Naturally, then, I would like to explore the text at the heart of Bonheoffer’s peculiar … Continue reading →

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News and Links

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

As I am very bad at keeping up to date with e-mail correspondence with my friends and family, from time to time I will post news updates on this blog. The last few weeks have been relatively uneventful. Last week … Continue reading →

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Lenten Guest Post – Day 12 – A Case for the Christian Year

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

In my work as campus minister at a Christian school, it often falls to me to answer questions from my Southern Baptist co-workers regarding some of my allegiance to the Christian year. A few days ago a farmer working on … Continue reading →

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Brueggemann on the Loss of Lament

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

In an article, ‘The Costly Loss of Lament’ [JSOT (1986) 57-71], Walter Brueggemann address the manner in which lament seems to have dropped out of the ‘functioning canon’, identifying some of the unfortunate results of this. One loss that results … Continue reading →

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Lenten Guest Post – Day 11 – The Jesus Diet

Posted on March 5, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

John 4:31-34 “My food is to do the will of Him who sent me and to accomplish His work” (John 4:34). If more of America embraced Jesus’ teaching in John 4, perhaps we as a nation would not have the … Continue reading →

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Lenten Guest Post – Day 10 – Contagion of Purity

Posted on March 3, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

And as Jesus returned, the multitude welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him. And behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus’ feet, and began … Continue reading →

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More on the ‘Jesus Family Tomb’: So What Does The 1:600 Statistic Actually Mean?

Posted on March 3, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

This post gives a mathematician’s perspective on the question. It turns out that the 1:600 statistic doesn’t make anywhere near as impressive a claim as the media would generally suggest it does. Quelle surprise! Update: Mark Goodacre follows up with … Continue reading →

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Lenten Guest Post – Day 9 – Juxtaposition

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

And when He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed Him. And behold, a leper came to Him, and bowed down to Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.” And He stretched out … Continue reading →

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