Monthly Archives: August 2013

Your Blog Recommendations!

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

In another part of the blogosphere there has been a Christian blog survey taking place. While I follow a few dozen of the blogs listed, I was disappointed to see that so few of my favourite blogs were mentioned. I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blogosphere | 16 Comments

Brad Littlejohn’s Review of Doug Jones’ Dismissing Jesus

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Brad Littlejohn has been writing a very extensive series of posts reviewing and responding to Doug Jones’ recent book, Dismissing Jesus. It is seldom that one is treated to such detailed interaction with the argument of a book, exploring its … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Reviews, The Blogosphere, Theological | 5 Comments

Links 3 – 24/8/13

Posted on August 24, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Things have been rather quiet here over the last few weeks. I don’t expect to be posting much over the next month or two either, but I will try to post a links post every week. The following are a … Continue reading →

Posted in Links, On the web | 6 Comments

Links 2 – 17/8/13

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

This week’s links post. Once again, I will be posting links largely without comment. These particular links weren’t chosen because I agreed with them, but because they piqued my interest or amusement in some manner. I might have strong disagreements … Continue reading →

Posted in In the News, Just for Fun, Links, On the web, The Blogosphere, What I'm Reading | 14 Comments

Atheists Are More Intelligent Than Religious Persons

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

A recent meta-analytical study has identified an inverse correlation between faith and intelligence. Such studies are relatively common: many of us will already have encountered a number of studies identifying the same correlation. One also sees similar research supporting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, In the News, On the web, Society | 50 Comments

Links 1 – 10/8/13

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

It has been a long time since I last produced a link post, so I thought that it would be worthwhile to do one again. This time, I will be posting most of the links without any comment. Very few … Continue reading →

Posted in Just for Fun, Links, My Reading, On the web, Video, What I'm Reading | 4 Comments

Online Discourse, Leadership, Progressive Evangelicalism, and the Value of Critics

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

The following are a few loosely related issues that I have been thinking about at various points over the last few days, in light of the millennials conversation and its aftermath. I have made a number of these comments in … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, The Blogosphere, Theological, Theology | 66 Comments

A Few Photos

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

It just occurred to me that it is a year since I had a long holiday in the US with my father, after which I posted dozens of photos (here, here, and here). Since that holiday, I have hardly posted … Continue reading →

Posted in My Doings, Photos, What I'm Doing | 4 Comments

Why Are My Posts So Dense And Lengthy?

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

Almost every time that one of my posts is widely shared on Facebook and Twitter, I can predict with some certainty that I will receive several remarks among the length and style of my writing. These remarks run the gamut … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, Public Service Announcement, The Blogosphere, Theological | 43 Comments

Questioning the Questioners

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

I have just had a piece published over on Threads, a follow-up to yesterday’s post about millennials and the Church. Within it I call the popular emphasis upon questioning among millennials into question: Our questions reveal the terms within which … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Ethics, Guest Post, Society, The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological, Theology | 5 Comments