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Author Archives: Alastair Roberts
America Trip 2 – Williams to Moab
This is the second of three posts about my recent holiday in the US. On the morning of Thursday, September 6, we drove from Williams to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. Much of the later approach to the … Continue reading
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America Trip 1 – Philadelphia to Williams
For most of the last month, I have been away in the US, on a holiday with my father. Although I have visited the US on a couple of occasions before, this was my first opportunity to explore it to … Continue reading
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America Trip Update
I had hoped to blog regular updates of my America trip. Unfortunately, for various reasons this hasn’t worked out. I look forward to telling you all about it – and sharing dozens of photos with you – on my return … Continue reading
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Where Is Alastair Now?
Some of my readers might be wondering where I am right now, as I haven’t posted for some time. The first couple of weeks after my last post were extremely busy. Since then, however, I have been enjoying a much … Continue reading
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Why I Believe in Pre-Marital Virginity
Yesterday I came across yet another piece lamenting how screwed up the views of sex among evangelical men and women who believe in sexual abstinence outside of marriage are. I must have read at least a dozen or more such … Continue reading
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 4
Within this series of posts I am commenting on the dynamics of many heated online and offline debates and arguments. These thoughts were occasioned by the recent brouhaha surrounding a quotation from Pastor Douglas Wilson on Jared Wilson’s blog, which … Continue reading
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 3
Within this post I will continue my analysis of the debate surrounding the words of Pastor Douglas Wilson’s that Jared Wilson posted over a week ago. I have already blogged twice on the subject – here and here. Both of … Continue reading
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Durham Cathedral Tower
Durham Cathedral tower is one of my favourite places, as many of you probably already know. I climbed it again with housemates a couple of days ago. Here are a few pictures:
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 2
In my previous post, I dealt with the controversy that had developed around Jared Wilson’s post: ‘The Polluted Waters of 50 Shades of Grey, Etc.’ and the quoted comments from Pastor Douglas Wilson within it. Since writing that post, Jared … Continue reading
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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 1
A few days Jared Wilson unwittingly started a firestorm. He posted on the subject of the recent erotic fiction bestseller, Fifty Shades of Grey, arguing that the book represented a sinful distortion of the God-honouring form of authority/submission in marriage. … Continue reading
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