Author Archives: Alastair Roberts

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About Alastair Roberts

Alastair Roberts (PhD, Durham University) writes in the areas of biblical theology and ethics, but frequently trespasses beyond these bounds. He participates in the weekly Mere Fidelity podcast, blogs at Alastair’s Adversaria, and tweets at @zugzwanged.

Eating and Drinking in John 6 Redux

Posted on January 29, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Just when I thought that this old post had gone into the cryogenic storage of the distant archives, it has been reanimated with new discussion. A number of issues are addressed, including that of whether a reference to the Eucharist … Continue reading →

Posted in NT Theology, Theological | 1 Comment

10 Theses on B.B. Warfield

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Ben Myers on B.B. Warfield.

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Most Important Theological Works of the Last 25 Years

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

The results are finally in. I voted for both Zizioulas and von Balthasar, so I am very happy to see that they occupy the top spots (I treated my selection of books as three books that I wanted to see … Continue reading →

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Anti-Wright Bullshit

Posted on January 28, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

There are a few things that make me really angry. People who throw around accusations and insinuations of heresy without bothering to get their facts straight first or without seeking to read those they criticize carefully and charitably rank very … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, N.T. Wright, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Uncategorized | 26 Comments

So it has come to this…

Posted on January 26, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Mark Horne argues for icons in worship.

Posted in The Blogosphere, Theological, Worship | 1 Comment

John 6 Debates

Posted on January 25, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Over the last few days there has been a rather heated debate on John 6 raging in certain quarters of the blogosphere. Whilst the tone of the debate has generally left much to be desired, the interpretation of John 6 … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Theological | 13 Comments

Legalism and the Rhetoric of the Gospel

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

‘Legalism’ is a term that has various shades of meaning. On some occasions, ‘legalism’ is a term used to refer to attempts to merit or earn one’s salvation by adherence to moral rules, on other occasions it can refer to … Continue reading →

Posted in Theological | 11 Comments

Some Links

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Leithart on Rosenstock-Huessy on Descartes, Marxism and Tribalism. Bill Wilder (who made a helpful series of lectures on N.T. Wright a year or so back) writes a WTJ article on the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, arguing … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Lectures, On the web, The Blogosphere, Theological, Video | 2 Comments

How Well Do You Know the Words of Jesus?

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Trevin Wax links to three quizzes here. I got 10/10/9. The order of the parables in Luke 15-16 was the question I dropped on the advanced quiz.

Posted in What I'm Reading | 7 Comments

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

The Apostle Paul’s got nothing on the writers of some knitting patterns.

Posted in What I'm Reading | 4 Comments