Category Archives: The Sacraments

A Critic of my Understanding of Liturgical Exegesis

Posted on October 20, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Lee, from Two-Edged Sword, posts a critique of my understanding of liturgy and the ontology of Scripture, as articulated in the following posts — ‘How Gutenberg Took the Bible From Us’ and ‘James Jordan, N.T. Wright, and Double Resurrection’. Lee … Continue reading →

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Rambling comments on Dunn and Esler on Baptism in Romans 6

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

Over the weekend I read a number of commentators on Romans 6, a couple of which were set reading for a seminar that I attended this morning. The two commentators that were on our set reading were Philip Esler and … Continue reading →

Posted in NT Theology, The Sacraments, Theological, What I'm Reading | 7 Comments

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

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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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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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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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

Eating and Drinking in John 6

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Alastair Roberts

This quote from Peter Leithart is a good response to the arguments of James White. Some commentators claim that John 6 cannot be talking about the Lord’s Supper because the verbs (in vv. 52-59) are aorist. This is very implausible … 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.].

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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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