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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Wright’s Theological Starting Point in his Doctrine of Justification
One of the main reasons why many of Wright’s critics misunderstand his doctrine of justification can be traced to the fact that the questions that he is answering with his doctrine of justification are slightly different from those which traditional … Continue reading
Posted in N.T. Wright, NT Theology, Theological
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Wine in Communion Redux
Almost three years ago now, I posted on the subject of the importance of using alcoholic wine in the celebration of the Eucharist. I argued that the use of grape juice was a serious departure from the scriptural teaching regarding … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, The Sacraments, Theological
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Links
Links from the last few days: *** According to Dr Scaer, the most common way people join the Church is that someone invited them. Guess what? If church sucks, people don’t invite others. They don’t think “Man, my friends have … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Controversies, In the News, Lectures, N.T. Wright, NT Theology, On the web, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Video
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NTW Letter
N.T. Wright replies to someone involved in translating Judas and the Gospel of Jesus, who wrote to him, troubled by some of the libellous claims about Wright and his beliefs that he encountered online: Dear —– —– has passed on … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, N.T. Wright, Theological
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Judas and Ahithophel
In the course of his treatment of the use of the OT in John’s gospel, Steve Moyise describes M.J.J. Menken’s understanding of the background of Jesus’ statement in John 13:18. Menken suggests that John makes his own translation from the … Continue reading
Posted in NT Theology, Theological
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Against the Youth-Driven Church
This video has been posted by a number of people in the blogosphere. Like most others, I strongly disagree with this guy in a number of areas and believe that his argument against the Emerging Church is riddled with problems. … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, The Blogosphere, Video, Worship
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Links and News, but not in that order
I returned from a few days back in Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday evening. My time back home was full of activity, but very enjoyable. As there was a wedding on, I had the opportunity to meet a lot more friends than … Continue reading
NTW Lecture on the Purpose and Use of Doctrines
On May 2nd I had the opportunity to hear N.T. Wright deliver a lecture on the subject ‘Reading Paul, Thinking Scripture’, here in St. Andrews. I am not the fastest note-taker, and so the following is a rough reconstruction of … Continue reading
Posted in What I'm Reading
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Links
This morning I finished my last exam of the semester. It is a great relief to have finally completed this year at St. Andrews. It has been considerably less productive than the year before (I suspect that there has been … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, N.T. Wright, On the web, The Blogosphere, Theological, Video, What I'm Doing
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Almost Over
At the moment I am sitting in front of a desk with hundreds of Hebrew flashcards laid out in front of me. In three days’ time I will have finished my last exam of this semester. So far, I am … Continue reading
Posted in What I'm Doing
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Alastair's Adversaria 