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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Open Mic Thread 4
The open mic thread is where you have the floor and can raise or discuss issues of your choice. There is no such thing as off-topic here. The comments of this thread are free for you to: Discuss things that you … Continue reading
Posted in Open Mic, Public Service Announcement
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New Birth in the Gospel of John
[I wrote this essay over seven years ago and would write it rather differently, were I to write it today. It is fairly mediocre and doesn’t make for especially gripping reading, but I thought that I would post it now because it … Continue reading
Posted in #Luke2Acts, Bible, John, NT, NT Theology, Soteriology, Theological
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#Luke2Acts—Some Notes on Luke 17 to 24
I have written a number of posts of notes on Luke as I have been working through it in the #Luke2Acts Twitter Bible study. In this, the final post, I have put together just over a week’s worth of tweets … Continue reading
Posted in #Luke2Acts, Bible, Luke, NT, NT Theology, Scripture, Theological
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Some Remarks on the Future of Protestantism Conversation
Last week, Biola University hosted a conversation between Peter Leithart, Fred Sanders, and Carl Trueman on The Future of Protestantism, an event organized by the Torrey Honors Institute, First Things, and the Davenant Trust, and moderated by the Calvinist International‘s … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, On the web, Scripture, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological
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Casting Across the Pond
A few days ago I joined with two of my favourite fellow bloggers, Derek Rishmawy and Andrew Wilson to start a podcast conversation, with participants on both sides of the Atlantic. The first podcast, a thirty-five minute discussion of the uses … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Controversies, Ethics, Guest Post, John, NT Theology, Numbers, OT, OT Theology, Podcasts, Scripture, The Blogosphere, Theological
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The Politics of the Unknown God
I have just posted again over on the Political Theology blog: As both right and left seek to tie the deity to their cultural identities or projects, we must join with Paul in proclaiming the transcendent God, who stands above … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Bible, Guest Post, NT, Politics, Theological
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#Luke2Acts – Some Notes on Luke 5 to 16
Matt Armstrong has very kindly assembled all of my #Luke2Acts tweets from Luke 5-16 into a single document. I thought that I would order them into a less tweet-like form and post them here. You can see my other posts … Continue reading
Posted in #Luke2Acts, Bible, Luke, N.T. Wright, NT, NT Theology, Theological
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Eleven Theses on Being a Creedal Christian
1. Confession of the creed is not just about faith, but is an exercise of faith. The creed, while being an expression of true doctrine, involves us adopting a committed posture of trust in the God whose identity we declare. … Continue reading
Posted in The Church, Theological
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Open Mic Thread 3
The open mic thread is where you have the floor and can raise or discuss issues of your choice. There is no such thing as off-topic here. The comments of this thread are free for you to: Discuss things that you … Continue reading
Posted in Open Mic, Public Service Announcement
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The Prophet Oded and the Good Samaritan
In the #Luke2Acts Bible study on Twitter, we recently studied Luke 10, with the parable of the Good Samaritan and Jesus’ visit to Mary and Martha. Rereading these accounts a number of things struck me. I thought that I would … Continue reading
Posted in #Luke2Acts, 2 Chronicles, Bible, Ethics, Luke, N.T. Wright, NT, NT Theology, Scripture, The Church, Theological
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Alastair's Adversaria 