Category Archives: Theology

Matt Colvin on Junia and Apostleship

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Matt posts some thoughts in response to my earlier post on the subject of Junia as a female apostle in Romans 16:7. He has some helpful remarks on the grammatical case for and against Junia’s apostleship. Especially helpful is Ephraem … Continue reading →

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Representation and Ordination: Of Sons and Wives

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Part 1: Some Lengthy Thoughts on Women’s Leadership Part 2: A Closer Examination of Junia, The Female Apostle In my previous post, I explored the role of the female apostle, treating her as the female ‘shaliach’ of the lead male apostle. I … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Exodus, NT, OT, Theology | 30 Comments

A Closer Examination of Junia, the Female Apostle

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Part 1: Some Lengthy Thoughts on Women’s Leadership Part 3: Representation and Ordination: Of Sons and Wives Yesterday I posted on the subject of women leadership, and also posted links to some reposted posts from Matt Colvin’s old Fragmenta blog. Matt has … Continue reading →

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Reposted Fragmenta Gems

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Matt Colvin has recently transferred a number of posts from his old Fragmenta blog onto his new Colvinism blog. This has given us the chance to revisit a number of real gems. Here are a few of his posts which … Continue reading →

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Some Lengthy Thoughts on Women Leadership

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Part 2: A Closer Examination of Junia, The Female Apostle Part 3: Representation and Ordination: Of Sons and Wives Having just read McKnight’s book, Junia is Not Alone, after reading Steve Holmes’ review on his blog, I have rather mixed feelings. McKnight … Continue reading →

Posted in Bible, Society, Theology | 71 Comments

Of Playing Taboo and Unpacking Suitcases

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Steve Holmes has some helpful comments on the complementarian/egalitarian debate here, raising questions about the possibility of forging areas of common ground between advocates of the positions. It is very late here, and I am not sure how coherent the … Continue reading →

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Protestantism, Eucharistic Participation in Christ’s Flesh, and Transubstantiation

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

It is popularly supposed in certain quarters that the general denial of transubstantiation among Protestants and particularly by the Reformers was occasioned by a resistance to the ideas of the ‘Real Presence’ of Christ in the Eucharist, or to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Church History, Sacramental Theology, Theology | 4 Comments

In Which Alastair Takes The Inadvisable Step of Making Comments On Economics

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Richard Beck has posted some rough and rambling thoughts on the subject of capitalism, socialism, and politics. Although I have some more serious posts planned for the future on other subjects, I thought that, rather than leaving the blog dormant … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Society, Theology | 3 Comments

Friendship

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

A few days ago, I listened to a typically thought-provoking talk by Richard Bledsoe, in which he remarked on the place of friendship in the biblical narrative, especially within the gospel of John. It was in conversation with John H … Continue reading →

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What Does It Mean To Be ‘Biblical’?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Alastair Roberts

Richard Beck and Scot McKnight raise the question of what it means to be ‘biblical’. Beck questions the degree to which the Bible can create anything resembling a consensus: Here’s my basic observation: Whatever biblical means it doesn’t mean biblical. What … Continue reading →

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