Category Archives: NT Theology

James Jordan, N.T. Wright, and Double Resurrection

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

James Jordan has argued that the Scriptures teach two resurrections and justifications. The final justification is a justification that includes the person’s works and is only possible once the first justification has taken place. We cannot do any good works … Continue reading →

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Ruminations on Two Posts from Peter Leithart

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Over the last few days Peter Leithart has posted two posts that have really resonated with issues that I have been thinking about of late. The following are some extensive thoughts sparked off by Leithart’s own comments.

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Sunday School Material

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I have only skim read some parts of it, but, from my first impressions, there is some superb Sunday School material here for any church that wishes to encourage its children and young people to engage with the Bible on … Continue reading →

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Wright Questions Please!

Posted on September 20, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Over the next week or two I hope to follow up my talk on Wright’s understanding of Jesus with talks on his understanding of Paul. Within those talks I will particularly focus on Wright’s understanding of justification. My aim is … Continue reading →

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Richard Hays on Romans 4:23-24

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Calvin’s reading of the text, although it contains an element of truth, treats Abraham too much as an exemplary individual and neglects Paul’s strong emphasis on Abraham as an inclusive representative figure. We must recall that several of the “promise” … Continue reading →

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Review of Gaffin

Posted on August 28, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Mark Traphagen has started reviewing Richard Gaffin’s latest publication, By Faith, Not by Sight: Paul and the Order of Salvation. This is one book that I look forward to getting my hands on. Unfortunately, what has been said concerning his … Continue reading →

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Wright on Historical Readings of Romans

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The dismissal of “works of the law” as the means of justification has all kinds of overtones. Paul’s fundamental meaning is that no Jew can use possession of the Torah, and performance of its key symbolic “works” of ethnic demarcation, … Continue reading →

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2TJ

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This sounds like an interesting book.

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Bauckham’s New Book on the Gospels

Posted on May 30, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Last October I had the privilege of hearing Richard Bauckham (a lecturer in the University of Saint Andrews) give a lecture on many of the subjects that will be dealt with in his forthcoming book, Jesus and the Eyewitnesses (I … Continue reading →

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Regeneration

Posted on March 17, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I have long held that the biblical references to ‘regeneration’ and being ‘born again’ need to be understood to be referring, not primarily to individual conversion, but to the new creation ushered in through the work of Jesus Christ. They … Continue reading →

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