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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Word Limits
Pondering the idea of setting myself word limits for posts in the future. Within the past 24 hours I have posted about 10,000 words here. I doubt that (m)any people will have read them through.
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Reposted Fragmenta Gems
Matt Colvin has recently transferred a number of posts from his old Fragmenta blog onto his new Colvinism blog. This has given us the chance to revisit a number of real gems. Here are a few of his posts which … Continue reading
Scottish Gay Marriage Consultation
Over on Archbishop Cranmer’s blog, His Grace observes: Hitherto, we have been led to believe that the consultation in Scotland on the introduction of ‘gay marriage’ was a matter for the Scots alone: no-one else in any corner of the … Continue reading
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Some Lengthy Thoughts on Women Leadership
Part 2: A Closer Examination of Junia, The Female Apostle Part 3: Representation and Ordination: Of Sons and Wives Having just read McKnight’s book, Junia is Not Alone, after reading Steve Holmes’ review on his blog, I have rather mixed feelings. McKnight … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Society, Theology
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Of Playing Taboo and Unpacking Suitcases
Steve Holmes has some helpful comments on the complementarian/egalitarian debate here, raising questions about the possibility of forging areas of common ground between advocates of the positions. It is very late here, and I am not sure how coherent the … Continue reading
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The Ideal King
The ideal king would be rather like the king in chess: the most useless piece on the board, which occupies its square simply to prevent any other piece from doing so, but which is somehow still the whole game. There … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Quotations
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Abortion and Personhood
Reframing the Question of Personhood The question of personhood rightly lies at the centre of debates over the issue of abortion. However, the way that this question is posed is seldom either helpful or illuminating. The concept of personhood that … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Society
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Protestantism, Eucharistic Participation in Christ’s Flesh, and Transubstantiation
It is popularly supposed in certain quarters that the general denial of transubstantiation among Protestants and particularly by the Reformers was occasioned by a resistance to the ideas of the ‘Real Presence’ of Christ in the Eucharist, or to the … Continue reading
Posted in Church History, Sacramental Theology, Theology
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New Exodus
The concept of a New Exodus is commonly encountered in the field of New Testament scholarship: Christ defeats the Pharaoh, delivers us from slavery, and brings us into the promise. This theme is significant and illuminating, yet one thing that … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Exodus, OT
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In Which Alastair Takes The Inadvisable Step of Making Comments On Economics
Richard Beck has posted some rough and rambling thoughts on the subject of capitalism, socialism, and politics. Although I have some more serious posts planned for the future on other subjects, I thought that, rather than leaving the blog dormant … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Society, Theology
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