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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Westboro Baptist Church
The diseased minds and continued despicable actions of the members of a small ‘Baptist’ church in Kansas get them into the news again. This time they plan to picket the Amish funerals. How this wicked cult can spout such venomous … Continue reading
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Pontifications Comments
Michael Liccione is now hosting discussions of Pontifications posts over on Sacramentum Vitae.
Posted in The Blogosphere, Theological
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John on Infant Communion
John of Confessing Evangelical writes on the subject of infant communion from a Lutheran perspective.
Posted in The Blogosphere, The Sacraments, Theological
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Sunday School Material
I have only skim read some parts of it, but, from my first impressions, there is some superb Sunday School material here for any church that wishes to encourage its children and young people to engage with the Bible on … Continue reading
Posted in NT Theology, On the web, OT Theology
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Oliver O’Donovan on the Israelite Individual
It is important to understand the emergence of the individual in Israel historically, but equally important not to succumb, as we have said, to ‘Whig history’, supposing that the trend from community to individual could simply be extrapolated to authorise … Continue reading
Posted in OT Theology, Quotations, Theological
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Alastair the Conspiracy Theorist
Ligon Duncan implies that I am a conspiracy theorist. I am surprised that my post on Wright’s critics is still getting attention. For my thoughts on conspiracy theories, see this post. [And on the subject of Wright and his critics, … Continue reading
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Setting the World to Rights
In a perfect world such a state of affairs would never exist. Gentle blog reader, may I encourage you to visit one of my all time favourite blogs, a hidden treasure in the blogosphere. Add it to your links on … Continue reading
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I Just Realized…
…that I have entered into my second year of blogging on alastair.adversaria. I first started blogging on 40Bicycles in the middle of September 2003 and moved to my present blog after moving up to study in the University of St. … Continue reading
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Peer Pressure
Group dynamics are both enjoyable and troubling to observe. It is interesting to see some groups where each person ends up doing things that they would never do and being a sort of person that they would never be if … Continue reading
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Alastair's Adversaria 