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.

Careful Now…

…Bad Theology Can Kill You.

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Fencing the Offering Plate

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This has been one of my favourite pictures for a while now. I have always found it to be the most intriguing of Escher’s works on a number of different levels, especially as the Droste effect has fascinated me since … Continue reading

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Making Enemies

One of the problems that we face in our world is that we are too apathetic to make the enemies that we need to make. Whilst we hear a lot about the need to be peacemakers in the Church today, … Continue reading

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Titanic II The Surface

Watch the preview here. I can’t wait.

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May Dip

Every year, students of St. Andrews plunge into the freezing cold sea at dawn on May 1. This year I was one of them. I got no sleep last night. I will be so tired later on today.

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News and Stuff

I finished my last term-time exam (Hebrew) on Thursday. Now I only have the final exams left. The last few days have enjoyable, if not very productive. Earlier in the week I had a phone call from my brother Mark, … Continue reading

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Hays and Behrman Debate The Da Vinci Code

Download the audio here. [HT: Kevin B]

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Important Article

Within the Bounds of Orthodoxy? An Examination of Both the Federal Vision and the New Perspective on Paul by Joseph Minich

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Exalted to the Pantheon

Apparently I am now one of the ‘top Alastairs in the world’ (which probably says a lot about the paucity of great Alastairs around)!

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