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.

ProLifeSearch.com

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Support pro-life organizations through a Google-powered search engine. payday need loan i a immediately Scientific literature is mixed on the dangers of talking on payday need loan i a immediately versus those of talking with a passenger, with the Accident … Continue reading →

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For all the Pedants

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

My brother Jonathan showed me this blog post, dealing with the silly claim that one should not end a sentence with a preposition (like those who insist that we have no right to freely split our infinitives). This particular sentence … Continue reading →

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Garrison Keillor on Liturgy

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The following is a quote from an interview with Garrison Keillor [HT: Michael S]: Having grown up in the Evangelical, sort of free-form fundamentalist church, I love the liturgical church where we say words together that are not my words … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blogosphere, Theological, Worship | 38 Comments

Wright in Birmingham

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

From here: ‘Christian Mission in a Pagan Culture’ A day with Bishop Tom Wright Carrs Lane Church Centre, Birmingham Saturday 17th June 2006 10am – 4pm £18 (unwaged £12) – bring your own lunch Is British culture Christian, secular – … Continue reading →

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Posted on June 5, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Full marks for effort, but I don’t think that this will win many men over…

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Dilettantes and the Bible

Posted on June 4, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Jim West is absolutely right, such people have no right to be interpreting the Bible. However, that said, I am not sure that I trust most biblical scholars with the task of interpreting the Bible either. As Stanley Hauerwas observes, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Church, Theological | 11 Comments

Pentecost Thought

Posted on June 4, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

There are occasions when you feel like kicking yourself for missing something that has been staring you in the face all the time. In the past I have tended to see the relationship between Exodus 32 and the Day of … Continue reading →

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How Our Eyes Can Be Blinded By The Lens

Posted on June 4, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This article is for Elbert [HT: Matthew Bartlett].

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24 and the Gospel

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

But the show [24] works for the same reasons it could have failed. And it is also a great case for expository Bible teaching. While that may sound like a leap, think about it. Expository Bible teaching requires going through … Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Hold To The Doctrine of Limited Atonement

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This post was destroyed by the infection of my old blog. This is a recovery of what I think was an earlier version of it. Over the last few days I have written over 15,000 words on the subject of … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Theological | 23 Comments