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Alastair J. Roberts

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Alastair Roberts (PhD, Durham University in England) writes in the areas of biblical theology and ethics, but frequently trespasses beyond these bounds. He participates in the weekly Mere Fidelity podcast, blogs at Alastair’s Adversaria, and tweets at @zugzwanged.

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Pentecost and the Gift of a New Politics

The place to follow my work is now The Anchored Argosy. However, from time to time I will post here, just to remind readers of the move.

I have a new article over on the Theopolis website, on the subject of the difference that Pentecost makes for political theology.

O’Donovan noted the way that Jesus’ kingdom mission can appear to many to be ‘apolitical’, as it left the seeming primary threat

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	Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture by Alastair J. Roberts, Andrew Wilson 4.49 avg rating — 730 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction by Alastair J. Roberts, Joseph Minich, Jake Meador 3.87 avg rating — 61 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transfigured Hermeneutics 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baptism & the Body 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Musical Case For Typological Realism 4.60 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Does Creedal Orthodoxy Require Traditional Sexual Ethics? 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Whenever we baptize someone or share in the Lord’s Supper, we are witnessing to ourselves, and to the world around us, that all of us have known slavery. All of us live in hope of a land flowing with milk and honey. And Israel’s God has stepped down to liberate us from the former, and take us triumphantly into the latter.”
― Alastair J. Roberts, Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture

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“Two major events dominate the rest of the book of Exodus, and both involve building a place of worship: the golden calf and the tabernacle, the false and the true, the problem and the solution. Israel’s worship of the golden calf is a classic fall story, with a command broken by the priest left in charge (Adam/Aaron), the blame shifted to someone else (Eve/Israel), the exposure of shame, a curse involving eating (dust/powder), death, the establishment of sword-wielding guardians (cherubim/”
― Alastair J. Roberts, Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture

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“The arm of the Lord, as we know by now, is about strength, power, even violence: the mighty hand and the outstretched arm that”
― Alastair J. Roberts, Echoes of Exodus: Tracing Themes of Redemption through Scripture

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