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.

Lent

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Last year I gave up the Internet for Lent. I found the time really beneficial, but I am not going to repeat it this year. This year, Lord-willing, I will try to spend more time in prayer, get enough sleep … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 28, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Microsoft’s design for the iPod packaging.

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Where

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Funny post. [HT: John Pettigrew]

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What is the Postmodern Turn?

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Jeff Meyers has a nice presentation on this subject on his blog.

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Posted on February 26, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

“Grammatical-historical exegesis is the exegesis of simpletons.”

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Hidden Passageways

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

When I have enough money, I am going to contact this company to help me to design my library.

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Incarnation Apart from Sin

Posted on February 23, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Dennis has some insights on this question here. Update: Some further thoughts. Garver’s comments at the end of this post are also important reading. As usual, Joel and Dennis make their points far better than I do. Update 2: Alex … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on What St Paul Really Said

Posted on February 22, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

T.B. Vick has started to post some thoughts on What St Paul Really Said.

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Prepositions in Romans 3:30

Posted on February 22, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Dennis Hou has some helpful comments here.

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Election, etc. — The Sovereignty of God

Posted on February 18, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Calvinists often talk about the ‘sovereignty of God’. Within this post I want to raise some questions about this concept as I often encounter it. When the Scriptures speak about the sovereignty of God, I believe that they are almost … Continue reading →

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