Category Archives: The Church

Are Protestants Heretics?

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

I do hereby conclude: When the Western Church fissiparated in the sixteen century, the Reformers took a portion of the essential patrimony of the Church with them, and they thereby left both the Roman Church and themselves the poorer for … Continue reading →

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1 John 2:19 Discussion

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Alastair Roberts

James Jordan’s reading of 1 John 2:19:— “Out from us they went out,” — that is, they set out on teaching missions. “But they were not out from us,” — that is, they had no valid commission from us. “For … Continue reading →

Posted in Controversies, The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological | 13 Comments

Evangelical Narcissism

Posted on November 4, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Writing on the subject of the whole Ted Haggard mess, Doug Wilson observes: The second sign of trouble (evident long before the recent revelations) was the prevalent evangelical marketing of narcissism and celebrity as though it were a reasonable approximation … Continue reading →

Posted in In the News, Quotations, The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological | 10 Comments

D.G. Hart on the Anti-Ecclesial Character of Evangelicalism

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Whilst a study of the development of British evangelical identity might look slightly different, I have found D.G. Hart’s (not to be confused with David Bentley Hart, the Orthodox theologian) account of the construction of American evangelical identity quite insightful. … Continue reading →

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Children, the Word and the Church

Posted on October 12, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Uriesou Brito links to a brief article from Alexander Schmemann on his new blog. The following is a brief quote from Schmemann’s article:— As a general rule, children like attending Church, and this instinctive attraction to and interest in Church … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Experience, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological, Worship | 5 Comments

Remember Which Side You Are On

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

We are gradually being wiped out of Iraq. Our people are fleeing. Powerful men who claim to be fighting in the name of our Leader are not terribly interested in protecting us. These men say ‘peace, peace’, but there is … Continue reading →

Posted in In the News, The Church | 3 Comments

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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Wright and Infant Baptism

Posted on September 12, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

I have been asked on more than one occasion how Wright can hold to his high view of Baptism. What seems to make his view even less tolerable in many people’s eyes is the fact that he is strongly in … Continue reading →

Posted in N.T. Wright, The Church, The Sacraments, Theological | 15 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 →

Posted in The Church, Theological | 11 Comments

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 →

Posted in The Blogosphere, The Church, Theological | 6 Comments