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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
Pro-Life Teaching for Children
Earlier today on an e-mail discussion list, someone raised some questions about the best ways to spread a pro-life message, especially to a younger audience. I e-mailed a response to part of the question, suggesting the way that I would … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Society
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‘Year of Biblical Womanhood’ Review – Part 4
After considerable delay over the Christmas and New Year period, this is the fourth part of the podcast review and discussion of Rachel Held Evans’s A Year of Biblical Womanhood, in which we discuss the final three chapters of the … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Bible, Controversies, Guest Post, My Reading, Reviews, Theological
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A Look Back at 2012 on Alastair’s Adversaria
At the beginning of 2013, I am going to follow the example of a number of other blogs out there and post a retrospective piece on the year that has past. Scanning back through the list of posts from the … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Post, My Doings, Uncategorized
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Is Our Religion Kindness?
A statement from the Dalai Lama appeared several times in my Twitter feed this afternoon: “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.” Several people have expressed their belief that Christianity could do well starting from the same point. … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Theological
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A Blessed Christmas!
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” A joyful and blessed Christmas to you all
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Steven Wedgeworth and Peter Escalante on the Two Kingdoms and Natural Law Debate
Things will probably be rather quiet here over the next week. However, over on The Calvinist International there is a vigorous discussion of the subject of natural law and two kingdoms theology. You might want to take a look. Opposite the … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, On the web, Politics, Society, The Blogosphere, Theological, Theology
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Book Review: ‘Oh Holy Night: The Peace of 1914’
In response to my current focus on book reviewing, Michael Snow kindly sent me a copy of his book, Oh Holy Night: The Peace of 1914. It is a popular-level and short book (one could read it from cover to … Continue reading
Posted in My Reading, Reviews, What I'm Reading
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‘Year of Biblical Womanhood’ Review – Part 3
Welcome to the third part of the review of Rachel Held Evans’s A Year of Biblical Womanhood, within which we engage with chapters 7-9 of the book, following on from part 1 and part 2. Listen here! Listen to the other … Continue reading
Posted in Audio, Bible, Controversies, Culture, Ethics, Guest Post, My Reading, Reviews, Sex and Sexuality, Theological, What I'm Reading
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Triggering and the Triggered in the American Conservative and some further thoughts
Visits to this blog have received something of a bump over the last couple of days, as both Steve Sailer and the American Conservative linked to a post of mine from a few months ago – On Triggering and the Triggered, … Continue reading
Posted in Controversies, Ethics, On the web, The Blogosphere, Theological
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Alastair's Adversaria 