Category Archives: In the News

Atheists Are More Intelligent Than Religious Persons

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

A recent meta-analytical study has identified an inverse correlation between faith and intelligence. Such studies are relatively common: many of us will already have encountered a number of studies identifying the same correlation. One also sees similar research supporting the … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, In the News, On the web, Society | 52 Comments

Please, Everybody, Let’s Not Dance Now

Posted on June 25, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

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 | 5 Comments

A Lament for Google Reader

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

After seven years, Google Reader will be closed on July 1, 2013. Perhaps Google thought tonight was a good night to bury bad news. This isn’t the end of the road for web feed users. Services such as NewsBlur and … Continue reading →

Posted in Ethics, In the News, My Reading, On the web, The Blogosphere | 48 Comments

Links and Jottings 2

Posted on July 8, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

Having a lot of half-formed thoughts prompted by various articles in my mind at the moment, I thought that I would quickly post a few of them here, along with some interesting links. 1. David Brooks writes about the crisis … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Culture, Ethics, In the News, Just for Fun, Music, On the web, OT, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Uncategorized, Video | 1 Comment

Tebow’s Faith and Ours

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

A friend just alerted me to Daniel Foster’s thought-provoking article on Tim Tebow. I am sure that a number of you will have read it before, and will be familiar with (and perhaps exhausted by) the discussion surrounding Tebow’s faith … Continue reading →

Posted in In the News, On the web | 5 Comments

Links

Posted on June 5, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Links from the last few days: *** According to Dr Scaer, the most common way people join the Church is that someone invited them. Guess what? If church sucks, people don’t invite others. They don’t think “Man, my friends have … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, Controversies, In the News, Lectures, N.T. Wright, NT Theology, On the web, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Video | 5 Comments

Links and News, but not in that order

Posted on May 31, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

I returned from a few days back in Stoke-on-Trent on Tuesday evening. My time back home was full of activity, but very enjoyable. As there was a wedding on, I had the opportunity to meet a lot more friends than … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, In the News, N.T. Wright, On the web, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Video, What I'm Doing, What I'm Reading | 3 Comments

Links

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

Believe it or not, I really meant it when I said (about a month and a half ago now) that I had no intention of reducing my input on this blog to that of posting long lists of links. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, In the News, Lectures, N.T. Wright, On the web, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Video | 11 Comments

Links

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

The FV discussion continues on unabated. Matt Colvin has some very good thoughts on the debate here (makes sure that you read the comments). Lane Keister suggests that ego is the main thing standing in the way of FV people … Continue reading →

Posted in In the News, N.T. Wright, On the web, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Video | 7 Comments

More Links

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

It has been quite some time since anything was posted on this blog. The pre-Holy Week guest posts have dried up (although hopefully my youngest brother will have sent me something before the weekend). I am presently enjoying my mid-semester … Continue reading →

Posted in Audio, In the News, Lectures, On the web, Quotations, The Blogosphere, Theological, Video | 3 Comments