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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Romans 2:14-15
Having discussed the meaning of Romans 1-4 at considerable length in the comments of this recent Green Baggins post, I decided that it might be worthwhile posting this brief exegetical essay I wrote on Romans 2:14-15 a couple of months … Continue reading
Posted in NT Theology, Theological
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Links
It has been several months since I last blogged here; it is about time that I made some sort of return. As a number of you already know, this blog is currently convalescing after having been hacked by blog spammers. … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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N.T. Wright Lecture: Can a Scientist Believe in the Resurrection?
The following are my notes from a lecture delivered this evening, 20th December, by N.T. Wright in the University of St. Andrews. The following provides a general idea of what the good bishop said, but should not be depended upon … Continue reading
Posted in Lectures, N.T. Wright, NT Theology, Theological
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Zizek on the Traumatic Formation of the Human Being
Slavoj Zizek responds to the claims that decoding of the genome enables us to reduce the human to the operation of chemical processes: Here, however, one should be attentive to the formulation which repeatedly occurs in most of the reactions … Continue reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
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Thoughts on Rowling’s Revelation that Dumbledore is Gay
I can’t say that I am especially surprised by this revelation. I am, however, disappointed. Revealing such details about characters outside of the books cheapens the books themselves. The questions raised by a book should largely be left unanswered and … Continue reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
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Preaching
The following are some slightly edited comments that I made on another blog earlier today: From time to time I hear people lamenting the current state of evangelicalism and particularly of the loss of an appreciation for preaching. I couldn’t … Continue reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
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On the Mode of Baptism
The proper mode of Baptism is an issue that is much debated in the Church. While I don’t believe that most of these debates have any bearing on the validity of the sacrament, this does not mean that the debates … Continue reading
Posted in The Sacraments, Theological
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Back from Myanmar
I returned from Myanmar yesterday afternoon. I go back to university on Saturday. This blog should become active again over the next couple of weeks.
Posted in What I'm Doing
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Of Boggarts
Many Christians have claimed that the Harry Potter books are dangerous, encouraging children to get involved in witchcraft. We are called to exercise discernment and reject such literature completely. It is interesting to observe how much popular children’s literature escapes … Continue reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
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Recent Garverization and my Rather Large Workload for the Next Few Months
A number of people have asked me about the reason for my dramatically decreased blogging output. There are a number of reasons. I have lacked any great desire to blog for weeks now. Rather than blog merely out of a … Continue reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
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Alastair's Adversaria 