Category Archives: The Blogosphere

Rob Bell and Don Draper – The Ad Man’s Gospel

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

I find Rob Bell fascinating. Sure, I disagree with his theology, but when it comes to engaging communication, the man is virtually without peer. If you want to see a masterpiece in clever communication, look no further than a promotional … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, Society, The Blogosphere, The Emergent Church, Theological, Theology | 131 Comments

Exodus as New Birth

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Alastair Roberts

I just wrote a guest post for the Big Bible Project, presenting a reading of the Exodus as new birth. Take a look – it is extremely short, as my posts go. I would love to hear people’s thoughts!

Posted in Bible, Exodus, Guest Post, On the web, OT, OT Theology, The Blogosphere, Theological | 3 Comments

Steven Wedgeworth and Peter Escalante on the Two Kingdoms and Natural Law Debate

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

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 →

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Triggering and the Triggered in the American Conservative and some further thoughts

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

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 →

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On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 4

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

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 →

Posted in Controversies, Ethics, Society, The Blogosphere, Theological | 89 Comments

On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 2

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

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 →

Posted in Controversies, Culture, Ethics, On the web, The Blogosphere, Theological | 97 Comments

On Triggering and the Triggered, Part 1

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

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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Information Addiction and the Church

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

Having commented on this post on the subject of ‘infobesity’ earlier, I thought that I would post my comments here. The following post contains my original comment, followed by some further thoughts on the matter. Infobesity or a Changing Relationship … Continue reading →

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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

Old Blogs

Posted on June 26, 2012 by Alastair Roberts

Back in 2003, I started blogging at 40Bicycles and later also at Sacramental Blog. I have just imported all of my old blog posts into a new WordPress blog, accessible here. My views have developed considerably since I last blogged there, almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Public Service Announcement, The Blogosphere, Theological | 2 Comments