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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Review of K. Scott Oliphint’s ‘Covenantal Apologetics’
Over on The Calvinist International, my friend Joseph Minich has written a long and thoughtful review of K. Scott Oliphint’s recent book, Covenantal Apologetics. Within the review Joseph engages critically with presuppositional apologetics in the Van Tillian tradition. Here is … Continue reading
Posted in Apologetics, On the web, The Blogosphere, Theological
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Chris Seitz on the Biblical Crisis in the Homosexuality Debates
I have been an appreciative reader of Chris Seitz for several years now. My reading of Seitz has chiefly been driven by my interest in Brevard Childs’ canonical approach, of which Seitz is one of the leading and most articulate … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Controversies, NT, NT Theology, OT, OT Theology, Scripture, Sex and Sexuality, Theological
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The Top Sixty Evangelical Theologians
Over on the Center for Pastor Theologians (well worth following), there has been a discussion of the most influential evangelical theologians and scholars of the past fifty years. Two lists were drawn up by Gerald Hiestand: one an initial list … Continue reading
Posted in The Church, Theological
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New Twitter Account for My Latest Links
This blog has been relatively inactive over the last few months. The one thing that has been fairly consistent has been my weekly links posts. Having reflected upon my use of time over the last month, however, I have decided … Continue reading
Posted in Public Service Announcement
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Holy Trinity Brompton and the New Form of British Evangelicalism
Andrew Wilson has a fascinating post on his blog on the subject of the ‘new centre of British evangelicalism.’ Within it he argues that, while there are parts of British evangelicalism that are not within the ambit of its direct … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological
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Some Rough and Unordered Thoughts on Church Leadership
Over the last few days, for a variety of reasons, I have had cause to think about the issue of leadership again, and the issue of church leadership more particularly. A number of conversations I have participated in have discussed … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, The Church, Theological
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Hear Me Out: On Sitting Through Sermons
Donald Miller recently admitted to attending church irregularly. Church services really don’t scratch him where he itches: singing leaves him flat and he doesn’t learn much from sermons. He argues that he is not alone in this, suggesting (controversially) that … Continue reading
Return from Dormancy
The blog is temporarily returning from dormancy, although I probably won’t be that active on it over the next few months. You also may or may not have noticed that I am currently posting links on Delicious. You can find … Continue reading
Posted in Public Service Announcement
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Taking a Break
This blog will be dormant for the next month, while I concentrate on my studies and some extra reading and writing that I have planned.
Posted in Public Service Announcement
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Links 23 – 10/1/14
Links for the weekend. As usual, linking definitely does not imply agreement. 1. 21. Procreation and Patriarchy; 22. The Economics of Genesis; 23. Plato Against Otherness; 24. The Future in God’s Good Word; 25. Toward Politics 2. From Heaven He … Continue reading
Posted in Links, On the web, The Blogosphere
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