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.

‘Covenant’?

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This is an elaboration of some thoughts that I posted recently on an e-mail discussion list. Recently I have begun to wonder whether it would be a good idea to try to wean myself off the word ‘covenant’. This decision … Continue reading →

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Happenings

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This morning I went to the book sale and returned a few hours later with over 50 new books for about £50. I didn’t have any amazing finds today, but I was able to pick up a number of titles … Continue reading →

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Fat Christians

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Jim West posts on the subject of fat American Christians. Some of the quotes remind me of this older post from Peter Leithart.

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My Brother Mark Unicycling

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Alastair Roberts
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Gigantic Second-Hand Booksale

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I spent this morning sorting books in preparation for the annual second-hand book sale in aid of the Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum of Primitive Methodism. Each year tens of thousands of books are sold. I have attended the sale … Continue reading →

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Product Sabotage

Posted on August 25, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Why some companies deliberately hide or damage their best products. Very interesting.

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Farewell to the Planet of Pluto

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I think that we ought to observe a minute’s silence. Update: Friends of Pluto might find this Photoshop contest amusing. Update 2: A backlash among astronomers against the Pluto decision.

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Respect.

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Congratulations to Peter, who just received a slew of ‘A’s and ‘A*’s in his GCSE results this morning. Altogether he achieved a GNVQ (worth 4 GCSEs), an AS Level (worth 2 GCSEs) and 11 GCSEs. Not bad for a guy … Continue reading →

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Garver Gone Garver…

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I hope that he comes back soon.

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Equality

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

A good reminder that general agreement on the principle of human equality actually gives us very little in the way of practical agreement.

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