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.

Finished!

Posted on March 21, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Today I finally finished my ethics essay. I have never had so much grief over one essay (of only 2000 words). I expected that writing essays would be hard this semester, as I have had almost no focus and motivation … Continue reading →

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One of the Great Things About Being Justified by God…

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

…is that it frees us from the need to justify ourselves by our theology. It permits us to call our theology into question without thereby undermining the foundation of our faith and confidence. When our justification is in God’s hands … Continue reading →

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Regeneration

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I have long held that the biblical references to ‘regeneration’ and being ‘born again’ need to be understood to be referring, not primarily to individual conversion, but to the new creation ushered in through the work of Jesus Christ. They … Continue reading →

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SA vs Australia

Posted on March 12, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I really wish that I had seen this. What an amazing match!

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John Profumo

Posted on March 10, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I have always found it very interesting thinking about this man’s life. The concept of ‘redeeming yourself’ is one that I have thought about from time to time. What place should it have in our understanding of our past sin? … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 10, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Jeff Meyers on the parables.

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How Gutenberg Took the Bible from Us: Some thoughts on the Ontology of the Scriptures

Posted on March 6, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This blog has been pretty quiet over the last couple of months (probably the least constructive months that I have had for well over a year). This is no one’s fault but my own. I lost much of my steam … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 2, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

A twenty-first century love song.

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Amazing!

Posted on March 2, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Zoom in from 10 million light years away from the Milky Way, all the way down to the subatomic world.

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Dr Davila on the Da Vinci Code

Posted on March 2, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

My OT lecturer has finally posted his review of Dan Brown’s book.

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