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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Please, Everybody, Let’s Not Dance Now
A few days ago, this video of a flash mob wedding dance went ‘viral’. The wedding dance video is already an established genre for the Youtube generation, most famously represented by the ‘JK Wedding Entrance Dance’: this is just the … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, In the News, On the web, Sex and Sexuality, Society, The Church, Theological, Video
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Oliver O’Donovan on Male and Female in Marriage
Marriage fulfils, and so makes sense of, a feature of our common human biological nature. Human beings come into existence with a dimorphically differentiated sexuality, clearly ordered at the biological level towards heterosexual union as the human mode of procreation. … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Creation, Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological
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An Ethic of Nerve and Compassion
The Ethic of Empathy A couple of days ago, I posted on the subject of the new purity ethic. As I have followed the development of this conversation over the last couple of years, among the things that I have … Continue reading
The New Purity Ethic
It has been almost two months since I last posted here. I don’t expect to post much over the next couple of months. I wasn’t even intending to post anything today but, after writing the following in the form of … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Sex and Sexuality, The Blogosphere, Theological
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Blogging Silence
Some of you might be wondering why this blog, typically so active, has been quiet over the last few weeks. Since Easter there have been more demands upon my free time and energy and, when I have had free time, … Continue reading
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This Joyful Eastertide
This joyful Eastertide, Away with sin and sorrow! My Love, the Crucified, Hath sprung to life this morrow. Had Christ, that once was slain, Ne’er burst his three-day prison, Our faith had been in vain: But now hath Christ arisen, … Continue reading
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Pages!
As there are some posts that, judging from my site stats, are of perennial interest, even though they are buried deep in my archives, I decided today to go to the effort of setting up a number of pages. These … Continue reading
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Samson on the Cross: A Good Friday Reflection
In my recent post on the subject of exodus in 1 Samuel 1-7, I observed the way that the narrative explores themes of strength and weakness. At the battle of Aphek, the Ark of the Covenant, which was supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Samuel, Bible, John, Judges, Lent, Luke, Mark, Matthew, NT, The Atonement, The Atonement, Theological, Theology
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The Same-Sex Marriage Debate – Questions and Answers
UPDATE: A considerably expanded version of this post can be read here, in a page that should always be easily accessible from my front page (under ‘Larger Projects’). Just under a year ago, I wrote a post on the subject of same-sex … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Politics, Sex and Sexuality, Society, Theological
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The Crusade of the Lost Ark – 40 Days of Exoduses (22)
A Barren Woman Our last study concluded with Israel having crossed the Jordan and destroyed the city of Jericho. At this point we jump forward in biblical history, leaving the rest of the book of Joshua and skipping the books … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Samuel, Bible, Exodus, Lent, OT, OT Theology, Theological, Theology
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