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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Miscellaneous Happenings and Links
The inter-semester break has gotten off to a good start, even though I am still having sleeping problems. I have plenty of ways to keep myself occupied and have even succeeded in getting some work done. The last few days … Continue reading
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Jon Barlow on Richard Muller
What St. Muller Really Says Sharing Jon’s frustration with the way that Muller is frequently used as a ‘conversation stopper’ (yes, I have read a number of his books) I am very pleased to see this post. I would also … Continue reading
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The Puritanboard is like those websites which have collections of videos of spectacular crashes, pratfalls, stupid stunts going wrong, accidents with fireworks and the like. However, the clever people on the Puritanboard struck on the innovative idea of trying to … Continue reading
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Three Important Works of Contemporary Theology
Joel has tagged me for the important contemporary theological works meme. Most of the works that I would have chosen have already been mentioned. The following are not the works that I deem to be the three most important of … Continue reading
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FV-related discussions
Tim Gallant responds to Scott Clark on the subject of paedocommunion and 1 Corinthians 11. Jon Barlow’s response to Richard Phillips here and to Scott Clark here are very well written. I must say, I am impressed with how temperate … Continue reading
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1 John 2:19 Discussion
James Jordan’s reading of 1 John 2:19:— “Out from us they went out,” — that is, they set out on teaching missions. “But they were not out from us,” — that is, they had no valid commission from us. “For … Continue reading
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Space, Time and Sacraments
Wright’s Calvin College lectures are now online.
Posted in Audio, Lectures, N.T. Wright, The Sacraments, Theological
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Exams
I have two important exams this week, one tomorrow and one on Saturday. Unfortunately, my revision for both exams has been minimal. I haven’t been feeling too great over the last couple of weeks and over the last few days … Continue reading
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How to Become a Cult Leader
This video makes disturbing viewing as one does not have to look far to find churches that manifest many of the classic signs of a cult. For this very reason I would recommend that people watch it. There are a … Continue reading
Posted in Christian Experience, On the web, Theological, Video
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Leithart on Rigour
Leithart has been posting some great stuff lately (where does he find the time?), obviously inspired by his reading of Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy. One of his recent posts ably makes a point that I have often tried to make, with less … Continue reading
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Alastair's Adversaria 