Category Archives: Theological

Election, etc. — The Sovereignty of God

Posted on February 18, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Calvinists often talk about the ‘sovereignty of God’. Within this post I want to raise some questions about this concept as I often encounter it. When the Scriptures speak about the sovereignty of God, I believe that they are almost … Continue reading →

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Romantic Relationship with Jesus

Posted on February 10, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Negative worship trends have been a subject for satire and complaint on a few blogs over the last few weeks on the blogosphere. Chris Tilling has posted a series entitled ‘Winds of Worship’ (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7). … Continue reading →

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It’s not every day…

Posted on February 7, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

…that I have a new song dedicated to me.

Posted in The Blogosphere, Theological | 3 Comments

Election, Etc. — Some Thoughts on Election Apart from Sin

Posted on February 2, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

One of the central claims of my position on election is that God’s purpose in election could have been achieved apart from the Fall. In saying this I depart from the classic Reformed positions on the subject, all of which … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, What I'm Reading | 19 Comments

Election, etc. — Seeing the Big Picture

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

In this first post directly addressing the subject, I will sketch the broad contours of my understanding of the doctrine of election. In later posts I will give more attention to the details. More than we are often willing to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election, Theological | 19 Comments

Introduction to Posts on Election and Related Issues

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The subject of election is one that I have regularly revisited over my years of blogging. The responses to my posts on the subject have left me a little confused. Where there has been a response it has generally been … Continue reading →

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The Emergent Church and the Gospel the Religious Right

Posted on January 22, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Within the last week I have read two Brian McLaren books: Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-Controlled Church Neutered the Gospel (with Tony Campolo) and The Last Word and the Word After That (a work of ‘creative nonfiction’, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Emergent Church, Theological, What I'm Reading | 20 Comments

Good Death?

Posted on January 18, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Paul Duggan has some thoughts in response to some statements in the recently adopted Missouri Presbytery Federal Vision Study Report. The relevant section of the report reads as follows:— We affirm that Adam mediated the first covenant in the original … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, OT Theology, Theological | 2 Comments

Some Thoughts on the Chalke/Wright Debate

Posted on January 17, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The controversy surrounding Wright’s endorsement of Steve Chalke’s The Lost Message of Jesus has been a subject for discussion in a number of areas of the blogosphere following Justin Taylor and Rick Phillips’s posts on Reformation 21. I am relatively … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, Theological | 12 Comments

This Isn’t Very Encouraging

Posted on January 17, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

The 50 most Influential Christians[/Heretics] in America

Posted in On the web, The Church | 8 Comments