Category Archives: Theological

Limbo in Limbo

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The BBC reports: Catholic experts are expected to advise Pope Benedict XVI that the traditional state of limbo – somewhere between heaven and hell – should be abolished. This statement does read a bit strangely, almost making it sound as … Continue reading →

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Truth and Beauty

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Tim Gallant‘s new website project. I look forward to reading the articles on the site.

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Jim West on N.T. Wright

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Dr. Jim West asks why Wright is so famous and gets so much attention whilst other insightful scholars are overlooked. In a slightly uncharitable (but humorous) assessment, Dr. West comments that Wright “reads, he regurgitates it into the open mouths … Continue reading →

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New N.T. Wright Blog

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

ntwrites.com

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Pontifications Comments

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Michael Liccione is now hosting discussions of Pontifications posts over on Sacramentum Vitae.

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John on Infant Communion

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

John of Confessing Evangelical writes on the subject of infant communion from a Lutheran perspective.

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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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Oliver O’Donovan on the Israelite Individual

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

It is important to understand the emergence of the individual in Israel historically, but equally important not to succumb, as we have said, to ‘Whig history’, supposing that the trend from community to individual could simply be extrapolated to authorise … Continue reading →

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Whatever Happened to Evangelicalism?

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

From the wacky [HT: Chrisendom]… …to the weird, to the more sinister. Is there any section of the Church that is more messed up than what passes under the name of Evangelicalism? Like it or not, most people who call … Continue reading →

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Heaven and Hell

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I have always liked this illustration.

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