Category Archives: Theological

David Bentley Hart on the Discipline of Theology

Posted on July 23, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

David Bentley Hart writes:— Now, as it happens, theology is actually a pitilessly demanding discipline concerning an immense, profoundly sophisticated legacy of hermeneutics, dialectics, and logic; it deals in minute detail with a vast variety of concrete historical data; over … Continue reading →

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Garrison Keillor on Liturgy

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The following is a quote from an interview with Garrison Keillor [HT: Michael S]: Having grown up in the Evangelical, sort of free-form fundamentalist church, I love the liturgical church where we say words together that are not my words … Continue reading →

Posted in The Blogosphere, Theological, Worship | 38 Comments

Dilettantes and the Bible

Posted on June 4, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Jim West is absolutely right, such people have no right to be interpreting the Bible. However, that said, I am not sure that I trust most biblical scholars with the task of interpreting the Bible either. As Stanley Hauerwas observes, … Continue reading →

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Why I Don’t Hold To The Doctrine of Limited Atonement

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This post was destroyed by the infection of my old blog. This is a recovery of what I think was an earlier version of it. Over the last few days I have written over 15,000 words on the subject of … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Theological | 23 Comments

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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Incarnational?

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I don’t usually read Doug Wilson’s blog, but one of his recent posts — ‘Incarnational Is As Incarnational Does’ — has been quoted in a number of places within the blogosphere, so I took the time to read the full … Continue reading →

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Biblical Mode of Participation in Supper Safer than Intinction

Posted on May 18, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

So says this article [HT: I don’t remember where I was linked from. If it was you, thank you.].

Posted in The Sacraments, Theological | 3 Comments

Christian Faith and the Ecological Crisis

Posted on May 18, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The fact that humankind is facing an ecological crisis of unprecedented proportions is becoming increasingly harder to deny. Groans of a creation in pain are heard from virtually every direction. Steven Bouma-Prediger catalogues some of the dimensions of our ecological … Continue reading →

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Baptism 101

Posted on May 14, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

A couple of weeks ago I gave a brief presentation on the subject of Baptism in the link group in my halls. Given the fact that the question of Baptism has recently been an issue for intense discussion on the … Continue reading →

Posted in The Sacraments, Theological | 13 Comments

On the Road to Wittenberg

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Leithart is absolutely right, as he has a tendency to be. Wittenberg is a far more attractive destination than Rome (I’d also sooner swim the Bosphorus than the Tiber).

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