Alastair's Adversaria - Episodes: Questions and Answers

Joanna the Wife of Chuza

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Joanna the Wife of Chuza

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 28th February 2019

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Question: "Is there more significance than immediately meets the eye in the reference to ‘Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s household manager’ becoming a follower of Jesus in Luke 8:3?"

The Test of Jealousy

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The Test of Jealousy

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 22nd February 2019

Passage: Numbers 5:1-31

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Question: "How should we interpret the water of bitterness in the ordeal for adultery in Numbers chapter 5? Is this some sort of a miracle on demand? If not, how much of an idea can we get regarding what’s going on?"

Why Doesn’t Eleazar Die in the Wilderness?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Why Doesn’t Eleazar Die in the Wilderness?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 20th February 2019

Passage: Numbers 14:1-45

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Question: "What does the entrance of Aaron’s son Eleazar into the promised land say about the curse upon the generation which rebelled at the edge of the promised land? We see him in Numbers 3, Numbers 4 (apparently as an adult), Numbers 16, in Numbers 19, and we see him taking over Aaron’s office in Numbers 20. Unless another Eleazar is meant, he doesn’t die until Joshua chapter 24. Based on the curse in Numbers 14 “your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward” are we to conclude that Numbers had described Eleazar as assisting with priestly service at some age younger than twenty, or is this an indication that the curse isn’t to be taken literally, and that some men from that generation other than Joshua and Caleb survived?"

Levirate Marriage

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Levirate Marriage

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 19th February 2019

Passage: Deuteronomy 25:1-19

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Question: "What were the purposes of levirate marriage? I can see that it would help to provide for widows, but its described purposes appear to go beyond that. In our culture, if a brother dies, he and his brother already share a name and his nieces and nephews by a brother will carry on the family name. My understanding is that the Israelites did not have family names in the same manner as modern English-speaking cultures. What was different about Israelite culture that causes the first child born of a levirate marriage being described in Deuteronomy 25 as assuming the name of the dead brother (and what does such a taking of the brother’s name mean, in cultural context)? Also, does levirate marriage imply polygamy because of how, with regard to the levirate marriage, it apparently contains an increased risk that the surviving brother will not have a child from that marriage to succeed him (if, for instance, he only has one son by that wife)?"

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Image of God

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 17 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Image of God

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 17th February 2019

Passage: Genesis 2:1-25

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Question: "In your video 'Created in the Image of the Angels' you say that humans were supposed to grow into the Image of God, but don’t discuss how this relates to the verse you referenced in passing earlier in the video: 'Then the Lord God said, 'Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever'—' Can you expand on the meaning of this verse in the context of the passage (did the serpent speak part of the truth earlier in the passage, or is this just a verbal play on what the serpent had said?) and in the context of what you believe the Bible teaches about redeemed humanity and the image of God."

Human Sacrifice and Divine Wrath in 2 Kings 3

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Human Sacrifice and Divine Wrath in 2 Kings 3

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 16th February 2019

Passage: 2 Kings 3:1-27

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Question: "I was reading 2 Kings 3 which discusses the war with Moab, and I was struck by how the story ends – Elisha seems to prophesy success, at least he counsels engagement, Israel does succeed, but at the end King Mesha sacrifices his son and “great wrath” comes against Israel, driving them back. Two questions arose from this ending. What do you think is going on in this story, as it ends abruptly and unexpectedly? And how do you make sense of the victory that seems directly linked to child sacrifice? The ESV study Bible comment claims that this great wrath must have been the wrath of the Moabites, but that interpretation doesn’t sit well with me given the way the text invoked a kind of “divine passive” of sorts. Do you think there is some sort of real demonic response here? How might that affect the way we view the competing gods of the Old Testament and the competing spiritual practices of the present day?"

Numbering the Tribes

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Numbering the Tribes

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 15th February 2019

How Do We Apply Paul’s Teaching to Jews as Twenty-First Century Gentiles?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

How Do We Apply Paul’s Teaching to Jews as Twenty-First Century Gentiles?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 14th February 2019

How Should We Introduce Evangelicals to Liturgy?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

How Should We Introduce Evangelicals to Liturgy?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 13th February 2019

Women and the Image of God

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Women and the Image of God

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 12th February 2019

Passage: Genesis 1:26-28

Created in the Image of the Angels?

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 11 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Created in the Image of the Angels?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 11th February 2019

Passage: Genesis 1:26-28

Is the Parable of the Sower About Israel?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 10 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Is the Parable of the Sower About Israel?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 10th February 2019

Passages:

Creation Days in John’s Gospel

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 09 Feb 2019 00:00:00 +0000

Creation Days in John’s Gospel

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 9th February 2019

Passage: John 1:1-2:25

Bumper Question and Answer Episode

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 20 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Bumper Question and Answer Episode

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 20th December 2018

Should We Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Jesus at Christmas?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 18 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Should We Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Jesus at Christmas?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 18th December 2018

How Did I Change My Mind on Infant Baptism?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

How Did I Change My Mind on Infant Baptism?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 11th December 2018

Election in Ephesians 1

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 09 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Election in Ephesians 1

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 9th December 2018

Passage: Ephesians 1:1-23

Must the Pastor be a Gifted Theologian?

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Must the Pastor be a Gifted Theologian?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 8th December 2018

What They Didn’t Teach Me in My Formal Theological Education

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

What They Didn’t Teach Me in My Formal Theological Education

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 7th December 2018

Theological Training

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Theological Training

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 6th December 2018

Responding to Criticisms of Echoes of Exodus

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 05 Dec 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Responding to Criticisms of Echoes of Exodus

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 5th December 2018

The Trinity in the OT, the Faith of OT Believers, the Angel of the Lord

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 06 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Trinity in the OT, the Faith of OT Believers, the Angel of the Lord

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 6th November 2018

Legal and Natural Consequences of Sin

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 05 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Legal and Natural Consequences of Sin

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 5th November 2018

Man, Woman, Deception and Authority in 1 Timothy 2

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 04 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Man, Woman, Deception and Authority in 1 Timothy 2

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 4th November 2018

Passage: 1 Timothy 2:14

Call No Man Father, Castor and Pollux, Contraception

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 03 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Call No Man Father, Castor and Pollux, Contraception

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 3rd November 2018

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Within this episode, I answer the following questions:

1.) How can Paul call Timothy his “true child in the Faith” (1 Tim 1:2; cf. 1 Cor 4:17, 2 Tim 1:2) when Jesus forbids calling anyone Father besides God (Matt 23:9)? I’m assuming Jesus meant “call no man a spiritual father” but that seems to not clear up the issue since it seems like Paul is referring to himself as Timothy’s spiritual father (maybe in a nuanced sense). Is this situation analogous to how, in the next verse, Jesus tells us to call no man instructor except for the Christ, but we obviously have instructors in the church?

2.) What is the significance of Luke mentioning in Acts 28:11 that the boat Paul was sailing on had the twin gods (Castor and Pollux, I think) as figureheads? That might be an historical detail but was curious.

3.) What should Christians think of contraceptives (specifically non-abortive contraceptives, like condoms and birth control)? Should Christians only use methods of “family planning” or are any methods (artificial or natural) of preventing children from being conceived immoral?

The Church and the Natural Family

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 02 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Church and the Natural Family

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 2nd November 2018

Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman with the Issue of Blood

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 01 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman with the Issue of Blood

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 1st November 2018

Passage: Luke 8:40-56

The Cherubic Faces of Solomon’s Water Chariots

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 31 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

The Cherubic Faces of Solomon’s Water Chariots

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 31st October 2018

Passage: 1 Kings 7:27-39

Being Born Again, Baptism, and the Subjective and Objective Work of the Spirit

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Being Born Again, Baptism, and the Subjective and Objective Work of the Spirit

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 30th October 2018

Peter Leithart and Me on Baptismal Efficacy

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Peter Leithart and Me on Baptismal Efficacy

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 29th October 2018

Richard Rohr on Scripture

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 28 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Richard Rohr on Scripture

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 28th October 2018

Singles Adopting

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 27 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Singles Adopting

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 27th October 2018

Is there Meaning to be Found in the Ordering of the Books of the Bible?

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Is there Meaning to be Found in the Ordering of the Books of the Bible?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 26th October 2018

Was Cain Supposed to be His Brother’s Keeper?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 24 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Was Cain Supposed to be His Brother’s Keeper?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 24th October 2018

Passage: Genesis 4:1-26

Echoes of Exodus in the Great Commission?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 23 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Echoes of Exodus in the Great Commission?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 23rd October 2018

Passage: Matthew 28:16-20

How Do You Find Real-Life Theological Conversation Partners?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

How Do You Find Real-Life Theological Conversation Partners?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 21st October 2018

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 20th October 2018

Passages:

Beatitudes and Woes

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Beatitudes and Woes

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 19th October 2018

Passages:

Did Jesus Address the Multitude or His Disciples in the Sermon on the Mount?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Did Jesus Address the Multitude or His Disciples in the Sermon on the Mount?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 18th October 2018

Passage: Matthew 5:1

Were Rebekah and Jacob Justified in Deceiving Isaac?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Were Rebekah and Jacob Justified in Deceiving Isaac?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 17th October 2018

Passage: Genesis 27:1-46

Moving Mountains

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Moving Mountains

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 15th October 2018

Passage: Matthew 17:20

The Mark of the Beast

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

The Mark of the Beast

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 15th October 2018

Passage: Revelation 13:18

Reading Revelation

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 13 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Reading Revelation

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 13th October 2018

Passage: Revelation 1:1

1 Corinthians 14 and Women’s Silence in Church

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

1 Corinthians 14 and Women’s Silence in Church

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 12th October 2018

Passage: 1 Corinthians 14:33-35

Did Jephthah Kill His Daughter?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Did Jephthah Kill His Daughter?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 9th October 2018

Passage: Judges 11:1-40

Should Christians be Friends with Non-Christians?

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Should Christians be Friends with Non-Christians?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 8th October 2018

Is the Elect Lady of 2 John a Woman Pastor?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 07 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Is the Elect Lady of 2 John a Woman Pastor?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 7th October 2018

Passage: 2 John 1-13

Did the Scriptural Authors Intend their Figural Meanings?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Did the Scriptural Authors Intend their Figural Meanings?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 4th October 2018

How Should We Understand the Weird Circumstances Around the Circumcision of Gershom?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

How Should We Understand the Weird Circumstances Around the Circumcision of Gershom?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 2nd October 2018

Passage: Exodus 4:18-31

Why Did Satan Enter into Judas to Betray Jesus if He Knew the Cross Would Defeat Him?

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why Did Satan Enter into Judas to Betray Jesus if He Knew the Cross Would Defeat Him?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 1st October 2018

Passage: Luke 22:3-6

Thinking Well About Our Disagreements

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 30 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Thinking Well About Our Disagreements

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 30th September 2018

What’s the Deal With the Weird Healing Pool in John 5?

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What’s the Deal With the Weird Healing Pool in John 5?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 29th September 2018

Passage: John 5:1-47

Wittgenstein and Baptism

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Wittgenstein and Baptism

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 28th September 2018

My Library and Reading Habits

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

My Library and Reading Habits

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 26th September 2018

Gender Segregation?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Gender Segregation?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 25th September 2018

Paul Maxwell on Masculinity

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 24 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Paul Maxwell on Masculinity

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 24th September 2018

More on Two Kingdoms

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

The Two Kingdoms

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 22 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

The Two Kingdoms

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 22nd September 2018

Echoes of the Eucharist?

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Echoes of the Eucharist?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 21st September 2018

Does Baptism Save Us?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Does Baptism Save Us?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 20th September 2018

My Ten Most Stimulating Bible-Related Books

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

My Ten Most Stimulating Bible-Related Books

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 19th September 2018

Is Abortion to be Solved by Controlling Male Sexual Behaviour?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Is Abortion to be Solved by Controlling Male Sexual Behaviour?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 16th September 2018

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A response to the conversation provoked by this thread: https://twitter.com/i/events/1040468130433097728.

The Story of Cain and Abel

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

The Story of Cain and Abel

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 15th September 2018

Appeals to Natural Law and Scripture and the Effectiveness of Jordan Peterson

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 15 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Appeals to Natural Law and Scripture and the Effectiveness of Jordan Peterson

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 15th September 2018

To What Extent Should We Approach Scripture With Completely Open Minds?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

To What Extent Should We Approach Scripture With Completely Open Minds?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 13th September 2018

What Does Baptism Do For a Person?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 12 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What Does Baptism Do For a Person?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 12th September 2018

Paedocommunion?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Paedocommunion?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 11th September 2018

Passage: 1 Corinthians 11:29

How Should We Understand Formal Leadership Within the Church?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 09 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

How Should We Understand Formal Leadership Within the Church?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 9th September 2018

What is the Case Against Women’s Ordination?

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 08 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What is the Case Against Women’s Ordination?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 8th September 2018

Are Young Elders a Contradiction in Terms?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Are Young Elders a Contradiction in Terms?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 6th September 2018

Why is the Tribe of Dan Excluded in Revelation 7?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why is the Tribe of Dan Excluded in Revelation 7?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 5th September 2018

Passage: Revelation 7:1-17

Should We Be Using the Lectionary?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Should We Be Using the Lectionary?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 4th September 2018

Bumper Q&A Episode!!

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Bumper Q&A Episode!!

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 2nd September 2018

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Does the Scripture teach that the Holy Spirit indwells believers individually or corporately?

What do you think about ghosts, UFOs, bigfoot, etc?

You mentioned you like to listen to the Bible. Do you have a recommendations on recordings?

Which translation of scripture do you use for memorization?

You wrote a series in 2006 called “Election, Etc.” which I have found very interesting and helpful. But 12 years is a long time, so I was wondering to what extent it still represents your views on election.

Reading a recent article by a rabbi, I noted that the interpretation of various aspects of OT is quite different from ours. If the Torah was given to them, shouldn’t we let Jewish scholars teach us Christians?

Do you generally read from a “Reader’s bible” or from a “regular” bible with chapter and verse references?

Have you engaged much with the Radical Orthodoxy crowd, like John Milbank and company?

Was Israel Wrong to Ask for a King?

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Was Israel Wrong to Ask for a King?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 1st September 2018

Passages:

Was Jesus a Fruitful Eunuch?

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 31 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Was Jesus a Fruitful Eunuch?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 31st August 2018

Should We Read The Story Of David And Goliath Primarily As An Underdog Narrative?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Should We Read The Story Of David And Goliath Primarily As An Underdog Narrative?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 30th August 2018

Passage: 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Why are there so many ‘Binitarian’ Formulations in the New Testament?

Alastair's Adversaria — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why are there so many ‘Binitarian’ Formulations in the New Testament?

Series: Questions and Answers

Date: 29th August 2018

Should the Lord’s Supper Have a Sombre Tone?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Should the Lord’s Supper Have a Sombre Tone?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 28th August 2018

How Does Proverbs Fit in with the Rest of the OT?

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

How Does Proverbs Fit in with the Rest of the OT?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 27th August 2018

Is The Widow With The Two Mites A Positive Example Of Sacrificial Giving?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 08 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Is The Widow With The Two Mites A Positive Example Of Sacrificial Giving?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 8th August 2018

Passage: Luke 21:1-4

How Can Peter Describe False Teachers as Having Been ‘Bought’ By Christ?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 07 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

How Can Peter Describe False Teachers as Having Been ‘Bought’ By Christ?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 7th August 2018

Passage: 2 Peter 2:1

What Are The Benefits and Dangers of Bible Software?

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 06 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What Are The Benefits and Dangers of Bible Software?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 6th August 2018

What Is Meant By Calling Marriage A Natural Institution?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What Is Meant By Calling Marriage A Natural Institution?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 5th August 2018

Does New Creation Undermine Natural Law?

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 04 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Does New Creation Undermine Natural Law?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 4th August 2018

Are We Living in the Last Days?

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 03 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Are We Living in the Last Days?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 3rd August 2018

Passage: 2 Timothy 3:1-17

How Should We Understand the People Who Fall Away in Hebrews 6?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

How Should We Understand the People Who Fall Away in Hebrews 6?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 2nd August 2018

Passage: Hebrews 6:1-20

Why Doesn’t Paul Say More About Evangelism?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 01 Aug 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why Doesn’t Paul Say More About Evangelism?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 1st August 2018

Why Does Figural Preaching Matter?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 31 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why Does Figural Preaching Matter?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 31st July 2018

What Should We Make of the Curious Numbers of Acts?

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What Should We Make of the Curious Numbers of Acts?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 30th July 2018

Why Did the Gadarene Villagers Ask Jesus to Leave?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 29 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why Did the Gadarene Villagers Ask Jesus to Leave?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 29th July 2018

Passages:

Tips For Reading Your Bible Better

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 28 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Tips For Reading Your Bible Better

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 28th July 2018

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Answer to the following questions:

"How do you go about noticing intertextual links? Is is mostly intuitive based on large exposure to the Bible? Do you do particular searches? Is it just checking cross-references (is there a similar apparatus for the BHS like there is for the NA28, for instance)? Any insight is appreciated."

And:

"Do you have any set notetaking when it comes to Scripture in order to remember insights, intertextual links, important points on tricky passages, etc.? If yes, how do you go about it and organize it?"

What Is Paul’s Allegory of Sarah and Hagar About?

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What Is Paul’s Allegory of Sarah and Hagar About?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 27th July 2018

Passage: Galatians 4:21-31

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Why does Paul say that Sarah and Hagar represent two covenants in Galatians 4:21-31? Where can we see this reality in the Old Testament?

What Does Jesus Mean When He Speaks About Being Born Again?

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What Does Jesus Mean When He Speaks About Being Born Again?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 26th July 2018

Passage: John 3:1-36

Why is Lot Called Righteous Even Though He Offered His Daughters to the Men of Sodom?

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 25 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why is Lot Called Righteous Even Though He Offered His Daughters to the Men of Sodom?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 25th July 2018

Passage: Genesis 19:1-38

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The George Athas article I reference can be read here: https://www.academia.edu/28365744/Has_Lot_Lost_the_Plot_Detail_Omission_and_a_Reconsideration_of_Genesis_19.

What Should We Make of Jeremiah’s Prophecy of a New Covenant?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What Should We Make of Jeremiah’s Prophecy of a New Covenant?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 24th July 2018

Passage: Jeremiah 31:31-34

How Does Genesis Anticipate Later Redemptive History?

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 23 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

How Does Genesis Anticipate Later Redemptive History?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 23rd July 2018

How Do We Reconcile the Differing Accounts of Judas’ Death?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 22 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

How Do We Reconcile the Differing Accounts of Judas’ Death?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 22nd July 2018

Passages:

The Meaning of Rachel’s Tears in Matthew 2

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

The Meaning of Rachel’s Tears in Matthew 2

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 19th July 2018

Passages:

Understanding the Sign Gifts

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Understanding the Sign Gifts

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 16th July 2018

What is the Biblical Theological Significance of Melchizedek?

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

What is the Biblical Theological Significance of Melchizedek?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 14th July 2018

Passage: Genesis 14:1-24

Is Ecclesiastes Nihilistic?

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Is Ecclesiastes Nihilistic?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 1st July 2018

Passage: Ecclesiastes 1:1-18

The Chronology of Genesis 38

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 21 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

The Chronology of Genesis 38

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 21st May 2018

Passage: Genesis 38:1-30

Ruth the Moabitess and the Moabite Women of Nehemiah

Alastair Roberts — Sun, 20 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Ruth the Moabitess and the Moabite Women of Nehemiah

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 20th May 2018

Passages:

Trinity and Modalism

Alastair Roberts — Sat, 19 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Trinity and Modalism

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 19th May 2018

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In our flight from tritheism, are we in danger of embracing modalism?

Exegesis, Authorial Intention, and Typology

Alastair Roberts — Fri, 18 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Exegesis, Authorial Intention, and Typology

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 18th May 2018

Passages:

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Is the task of exegesis limited to discovering the author’s original intention, or can meaning somehow overflow intention? If so, in what way? What guardrails are in place that would enable us to recognize certain readings as off-limits?

The Threefold Personhood of God

Alastair Roberts — Thu, 17 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

The Threefold Personhood of God

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 17th May 2018

A Biblical Theology of the Household

Alastair Roberts — Wed, 16 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

A Biblical Theology of the Household

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 16th May 2018

Why is it the Man rather than the Woman who Leaves Father and Mother in Genesis 2:24?

Alastair Roberts — Tue, 15 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Why is it the Man rather than the Woman who Leaves Father and Mother in Genesis 2:24?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 15th May 2018

Passage: Genesis 2:24

Does Jacob’s Wrestling with the Angel Prefigure Christ’s Death?

Alastair Roberts — Mon, 14 May 2018 00:00:00 +0100

Does Jacob’s Wrestling with the Angel Prefigure Christ’s Death?

Series: Questions and Answers

Speaker: Alastair Roberts

Date: 14th May 2018

Passage: Genesis 32:1-32

Alastair's Adversaria - Episodes: Questions and Answers

Joanna the Wife of Chuza

The Test of Jealousy

Why Doesn’t Eleazar Die in the Wilderness?

Levirate Marriage

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Image of God

Human Sacrifice and Divine Wrath in 2 Kings 3

Numbering the Tribes

How Do We Apply Paul’s Teaching to Jews as Twenty-First Century Gentiles?

How Should We Introduce Evangelicals to Liturgy?

Women and the Image of God

Created in the Image of the Angels?

Is the Parable of the Sower About Israel?

Creation Days in John’s Gospel

Bumper Question and Answer Episode

Should We Sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to Jesus at Christmas?

How Did I Change My Mind on Infant Baptism?

Election in Ephesians 1

Must the Pastor be a Gifted Theologian?

What They Didn’t Teach Me in My Formal Theological Education

Theological Training

Responding to Criticisms of Echoes of Exodus

The Trinity in the OT, the Faith of OT Believers, the Angel of the Lord

Legal and Natural Consequences of Sin

Man, Woman, Deception and Authority in 1 Timothy 2

Call No Man Father, Castor and Pollux, Contraception

The Church and the Natural Family

Jairus’ Daughter and the Woman with the Issue of Blood

The Cherubic Faces of Solomon’s Water Chariots

Being Born Again, Baptism, and the Subjective and Objective Work of the Spirit

Peter Leithart and Me on Baptismal Efficacy

Richard Rohr on Scripture

Singles Adopting

Is there Meaning to be Found in the Ordering of the Books of the Bible?

Was Cain Supposed to be His Brother’s Keeper?

Echoes of Exodus in the Great Commission?

How Do You Find Real-Life Theological Conversation Partners?

Why Was Jesus Baptized?

Beatitudes and Woes

Did Jesus Address the Multitude or His Disciples in the Sermon on the Mount?

Were Rebekah and Jacob Justified in Deceiving Isaac?

Moving Mountains

The Mark of the Beast

Reading Revelation

1 Corinthians 14 and Women’s Silence in Church

Did Jephthah Kill His Daughter?

Should Christians be Friends with Non-Christians?

Is the Elect Lady of 2 John a Woman Pastor?

Did the Scriptural Authors Intend their Figural Meanings?

How Should We Understand the Weird Circumstances Around the Circumcision of Gershom?

Why Did Satan Enter into Judas to Betray Jesus if He Knew the Cross Would Defeat Him?

Thinking Well About Our Disagreements

What’s the Deal With the Weird Healing Pool in John 5?

Wittgenstein and Baptism

More on My Reading and My Writing Habits

My Library and Reading Habits

Gender Segregation?

Paul Maxwell on Masculinity

More on Two Kingdoms

The Two Kingdoms

Echoes of the Eucharist?

Does Baptism Save Us?

My Ten Most Stimulating Bible-Related Books

Is Abortion to be Solved by Controlling Male Sexual Behaviour?

The Story of Cain and Abel

Appeals to Natural Law and Scripture and the Effectiveness of Jordan Peterson

To What Extent Should We Approach Scripture With Completely Open Minds?

What Does Baptism Do For a Person?

Paedocommunion?

How Should We Understand Formal Leadership Within the Church?

What is the Case Against Women’s Ordination?

Are Young Elders a Contradiction in Terms?

Why is the Tribe of Dan Excluded in Revelation 7?

Should We Be Using the Lectionary?

Bumper Q&A Episode!!

Was Israel Wrong to Ask for a King?

Was Jesus a Fruitful Eunuch?

Should We Read The Story Of David And Goliath Primarily As An Underdog Narrative?

Why are there so many ‘Binitarian’ Formulations in the New Testament?

Should the Lord’s Supper Have a Sombre Tone?